Experiences in Bridging The Digital Divide Onno W. Purbo [email protected] A Common Indonesian.

Experiences in BridgingThe Digital Divide

Onno W. [email protected]

A Common Indonesian

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Disclaimer .. I am a trained Engineer, not an

economist, nor a 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, Donny, Adi, Noor, Heru Nugroho, Judith, etc .. Who _voluntarily_ work hard to help the community.

The Experiences .. It is a long 10+ years process

Not instant

It is a self-finance process Not much support from the

Government No World Bank Funding No IMF Funding

Indonesia 1993 Internet Users Few Cybercafe None Schools on Internet None ICT books Few ICT Magazine Few

10+ Years Later, Today .. 7.5+ Million Indonesian Internet Users 5000+ WiFi outdoor installations 2000+ CyberCafes 1500+ schools on the Internet 1000+ Community Radio 20+ ICT Magazines Hundreds ICT Books Title Hundreds Local ICT Authors

Who Done It? Mostly community based ..

Not much gov’t funding & support No World Bank, no IMF funding Mostly self-finance

Basic Strategies .. Consumer Producer Supply driven Demand driven Operator Based Community Based

Rely heavily on People’s Power. Informal Education Process is KEY

Principal Strategy Create A People’s Movement

To Create Community Based Telecommunication Infrastructure.

Provide Knowledge To People for Free whenever possible.

Not much gov’t funding & support No World Bank, no IMF funding Mostly self-finance

Keywords for Success Education! Education! Education .. Encourage knowledge producer Knowledge Sharing

To Make Things Difficult No Money, Self-Finance .. Sustainable Process Bottom up Community based Development

Publish ~40 Books ..

Education is Key!

Comp. Lab. For Street Kids

Source: Donny BU [email protected]

Used Equipments

Children Happy …

We do more .. Run free talks on Internet at schools Facilitate Open Source Communities 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 WiFi City WAN for School in 20 Cities.

Million Indonesian Future Generation ICT Literate Self-Finance

Community Based Infrastructure

Major Technologies WiFi – for outdoor usage! VoIP Neighborhood Network Open Source Development

Platform

OutdoorWiFi

Impact Unlicensing WiFi Band One (1) million to 17.8 million WiFi based

Internet users. Rp. 1 Billion/year to Rp. 21 Billion/year ISP tax. Rp. 7 Billion/year to Rp. 128 Billion/year VAT. Rp. 18 Billion to Rp. 600 Billion investment tax. 50.000 units to 2 million unit computers. 5.5000 units to 130.000 units ISM band

equipment. Justify an industrial migration from antenna and

tower manufacturing to ISM band equipment manufacturing at US$4.5 million value.

VoIP

NeighborhoodNetwork

Stories Behind The Screen .. “Jihad” for

Community Based ICT Infrastructure

Low Cost & User Friendly Equipments From People By People For People

The Catch … A need A “Leader”

The one who Has the vision Knows the way Shows the way Goes the way

It’s not easy to find one …..

Thank You Knowledge is power, Share It, It’ll

Multiply. You‘ll see the real power of Knowledge.

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