People Empowerment for Social Construction thru IT

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People Empowerment for Social Construction thru IT

• Onno W. Purbo
• Gadang Ramantoko
• Agus Paryadi
• Bobby Nazief
• NUSANTARA-21 Voluntary Board

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Focus on ..

• 5 years practical experience in Indonesia ...

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References

• Http//n21.ac-id.net/
• Http//xxx.itb.ac.id/yc1dav/
• n21_at_itb.ac.id
• n21-sc_at_itb.ac.id
• ai3_at_itb.ac.id
• wong-cilik_at_isnet.itb.ac.id

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Outline

• The Vision
• Basic Philosophy
• Learn from real life experience
• example of needed deregulation derived from
  experience ...

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The Vision ...
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Assumed Vision ..
Traditional Society
Knowledge based Society
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Some Consequences ..

• Aim to empower the people, the society
• NOT AIM for the rich, the haves ..
• Aim to open access to information knowledge for
  the society.
• Educate Indonesia

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Todays Big Challenge ...

• 80M work force
• 70M max. primary school
• 2-3 university degree
• 0,1-0,2 Internet user.
• Business Environment - monopoly

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Government Role
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Basic Philosophy
Law / Regulation
Market
Norm / Value
Platform
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Paradigm Shift

• Distributed Knowledge
• Collective Wisdom
• Society Audit / Accredited
• Generation Lap
• Source of paradigm shift
• IT Platform - rapid info flow

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Real Life Experience
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Status AI3 Indonesia

• 25 educational institutions
• One of the largest EduNet in Indonesia.
• Feb99 - Meeting in Surabaya.
• May99 - AI3 AP Meeting in Bali
• Part of
• Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN).
• Asia Pacific Networking Group (APNG).
• CAnet3 - SingaREN - AI3 Indonesia
• 35Mbps to vBNS (10 Gbps) via STARTAP.

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AI3 Indonesia
CAnet3
STARTAP
WIDE
TransPAC
AI3
S-One / SingaREN
APAN
vBNS
AI3 Indonesia
IIX
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Lesson Learnt

• Self-financing
• is possible ..
• People empowerment
• is crucial
• Supporting Regulation
• need significant changes ..

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Lesson Learnt Technical

• Wireless for high speed data
• community empowerment?
• Open Access International Satellite Link
• deregulation international access?
• ISP licensed? Or registration?
• Frequency licensed? Or unlicensed?
• For low power, high speed data local access.

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What if ..

• Spectrum for community / education activities ..
• Unlicensed wireless high speed data for access
  network ...
• Open sky policy for international traffic
• no more Indosat monopoly?
• Open sky policy for national traffic
• License vs. Registration for services?

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Basic Questions are ...

• Who is the Indonesian people?
• Who are we going to empower?
• How can we empower them?

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Summary

• Aim towards Indonesian knowledge based society
• Educate Indonesia

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