unlegal access to knowledge onno w. purbo [email protected] an ordinary indonesian
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• You are about to see 12+ years of struggle of Indonesians to work around the boundaries / limit of access to knowledge
Onno W. Purbo
• I am NOT– scholar, researcher, analyst, government, funding agency,
economist, politician.
• I am– Ordinary Indonesian - Jobless, Engineer, Underground,
Grassroot, Do-er
• My Assets
– friends & knowledge– BTW, most of my knowledge are copylefted
http://sandbox.bellanet.org/~onno/
• I make a living as writer of IT books & articles mostly Indonesian language.
Onno’s Evil Side
• Do lots of unlegal & subversive teaching activities– How to steal frequency– Build low cost Internet– Build Neighborhood Network– Build own VoIP infrastructure
• The Indonesian government has all the right to dislike Onno.
The Limit to A2K in Indonesia
• English is NOT Indonesian Language
• Infrastructure is costly• 64Kbps (to Internet) = US$400 / month• 2Mbps (2 km) = US$18.000 / month
• People are poor• Typical Mid-class Salary US$80-150• People afford 24hrs Internet at US$20-30 / month.• Book / Magazine < US$2 / Book or Magazine
• Highly Regulated & CORRUPT Environment
It would be nice …
• To See Knowledge Based Indonesian Society
Typical Main Stream /Top Down Approach (Supply Side)
• Benefit to– Investors– Operators– Banks– Gov’t
• People as– Customer– Payer– User
I believe ..
• Better sustainable A2K environment should also empower people NOT only empower aliens, e.g., government, operators & investors.
Recipe To Win A War
• Power
• Money
• Mass
The Ordinary People Has NONE
Two (2) Barriers To Knowledge Access
Self-Finance Infrastructure
• Build People’s Infrastructure– e.g. 2.4GHz, 5.8GHz, (WiFi based)– VoIP (SIP Based).
• Share access– neighborhood network (US$15-30/house).– School network (US$0.1-0.5/student/month)
• Our dream– Connect all 220.000+ Schools– Connect all 38+ million Indonesian Students
Encourage Knowledge Producers
• Magazine sells @ US$1-2– Writer gets US$15-25 / Magazine Article.
• Book sells @ US$2-4– Writer gets US$400-1000 / book
• Workshop / Demo @ US$3-5 / person– Instructor gets US$100-200 / hour
• BTW, my salary as assistant professor used to be US$70 / month.
Self-Financing The Infrastructure
• Create Demand NOT create supply
• Generate Knowledge in Local Language
• Share the Knowledge
• People Convince on need A2K
• People Invest Own Money
• Self-Financing the Infrastructure• Did I say no World Bank? No IMF?
The Key!
• Capacity Building
• In local Indonesian Language:– Encourage Knowledge Producers.– Share Knowledge.
• BTW, forget about transfer technology
Method in Knowledge Sharing
• Free CD
• Web
• Share via External Harddisk
• Book @ US$2-3
• Demo / Workshop @ US$3-5
• Hands on experiences
Adopt by People & Community
• School Network in Various Location in Indonesia.
Grow Homebrew Industries
• In various cities of Indonesia, in,– Medan– Bogor– Pontianak– Jogjakarta– Etc.
Professional Adoption
• CGD in Bandung
• Bonet in Bogor
• IIX in Jakarta
International Recognition
• Thanks Goes To– IDRC– UNDP APDIP– LIRNEasia– Open Spectrum– Yale– etc.
Result
• International Recognition creates a very strong PRESSURE to BOTH Indonesian government & the rebel forces.
January 20052.4GHz
Liberated!
Next Missions
• Liberate 5.8GHz• Liberate 3.3GHz• Liberate 10GHz• Liberate 24GHz• Liberate VoIP Internet Telephony• Liberate Neighborhood Network• Connect 220.000+ Schools• Connect 38+ Million Students• Liberate Indonesians to A2K
• REF: http://sandbox.bellanet.org/~onno/