Clash of Paradigm Onno W. Purbo [email protected].
Dec 18, 2015
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Disclaimer .. I am a trained Engineer, not an
economist, regulator nor a social scientist
I tend to simplify things & may be wrong Some thought may be too extreme Consider this as an on going research
work
Acknowledgment .. Thank you to my friends:
Basuki Suhardiman, Donny BU, Bona, Heru Nugroho, Michael Sunggiardi, Johar Alam, Agustinus Surandar, Judhi Prasetyo, Ase, Agustinus Sutandar, Judith, Didin, Sumaryo, etc ..
Who work hard to help the community.
Main Stream
Basic Assumption Technology Expensive Specialized Skilled
Licensed from Gov’t Invest by Investors Build by Vendor etc Run by Operator For user / customer
Indonesian Telecomm Act Act # 36/1999
Assumed Structured
License Requirement
Licensed? From?
Network Yes Minister
Service Yes Minister
Reseller No, Agreement w/ Operator
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Implanted Divide .. Operatorsvs. users. Investors vs. users. Haves vs. the have not. one close to regulator vs. common
people. one close to operator vs. common
people. one close to political leaders vs. common
people.
Paradigm Shift? .. Or Clash? Old
Technology Expensive Specialized Skilled
Licensed from Gov’t Invest by Investors Build by Vendor etc Run by Operator For user
Future? …
Technology Cheaper Technology Friendly
From the people People Invest People build Run by People For People
Major Obstacle .. Old paradigm, i.e., only a licensed
operator can run the network. No room for community based
infrastructure; with homebrew equipment, from people, by people, for people.
The bottom line is “money talk”.
Alternate Path ICT4DChaotic Infrastructure
Guerrilla Telco Warfare .. Basic Strategies:
Community Education! Education! knowledge transfer, copyleft.
Go for many small but interconnected networks.
Self-finance, sustainable independent community based telecommunication infrastructure.
Basic Philosophy
Filosofi Dasar
Nor
m, V
alue
Concensus Written Law
Platform
Knowledge Cycle
Surfing
Publish
Packaging Disseminate
Feed Back
Basic Philosophy Consumer Producer Supply Based Demand
Based
Demand Creation
Cost
Impact
Stereotyping Communities
The Typical ICT Technology
CommunityRadio
The Typical ICT Technology
Internet &Computer
Some Real Examples
Community Radio Network in Indonesia Farmer’s Voice Radio Network
(JRSP) Fishermen’s Voice Radio Net (JRSN) Worker Voice Radio Network Ina’ Community Radio Net (JRKI)
West Java Jakarta
Community Radio Policy Build their Own Radio (FM) Collect money together to
build their radio The Gov has released the
act/regulation no 32 year 2002 for broadcasting Community radio has been included Only 3 channels allocated
Farmer’s Radio Network (JSRP) Start on 1999 Mostly on West Java Region Lead by Mrs. Ida Hidayat (shown in Fig. With Mr.
Dadang owner of Radio Citra Utami FM Cianjur) 600 community radios Using FM radio with
Height of antenna max 30 meter Max power 100 watt ERP Max bandwidth 350 Khz Max 36 Km2 coverage area (6Kmx6Km)
Typical content Information Education Entertainment
We do more .. Give free talks on Internet in schools Currently 1500+ schools on Internet
24.000+ high schools in Indonesia Mostly Self-Finance
Some support Vocational School Director MoE Investment US$2000-US$4000/school 50 cents/student/month – RoI ~1 Year Movement for WiFi City WAN for School in 5 Cities.
We are looking at million Indonesian Future Generation ICT Literate Self-Finance
Community Based WiFi + VoIP Infrastructure
Simple Impact Assessment
Gov’t Communities
CyberCafe Few (?) 2000+
WiFi nodes 50+ (?) 2500+
ISP 1 (?) 120+
Internet Users
(?) 4-5 millions
Schools 1500+ 1500+
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