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FRYING THE WIRES, FREEING THE WAVES

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Frying the wires, freeing the waves

Friday, 13 February 2009 11:27 - Edwin Jurrins

A wajanbolic antenna

While Indonesias big cities are saturated with many types of media, media fare at the village level is often quite limited. In response, several grassroots organizations have begun building a more participatory communications infrastructure, relying on advances in technology to provide community television facilities and cheap wireless Internet. Like existing community radio, theatre and print media already scattered across the archipelago, these new media have emerged as an alternative to government and businesscontrolled Internet and television programming.

In 2000, residents of Timbulharjo village in Bantul, Central Java formed the organization Angkringan, named after the Javanese term for food vendor, to build a media infrastructure that would meet the information and communication needs of their community. Starting with an eight-page print bulletin of local news and entertainment, within half a year, Angkringan expanded into community radio broadcasts. During the parliamentary elections of 2004, the organization used mobile screening facilities to air information about the elections. And in 2007, Angkringan began work on establishing a local Internet network, called AngkringanNet, for Timbulharjo. AngkringanNet relies on the convergence of community radio broadcasting with wireless Internet technology. Using a community radio antenna, AngkringanNet transmits an Internet signal over the 2.4 GHz frequency, free of charge. The signal can then be accessed by anyone in Timbulharjo with a computer and a wajanbolic antenna.

Using wajanbolic receivers, browsing the Internet and sending e-mail is as easy as frying an egg
The wajanbolic antenna is the key to the system: it is composed of an actual wajan, or frying pan, wrapped in aluminum foil and connected to a short tube. Once placed on a rooftop, tree or other elevated point, the linked Wi-Fi USB stick can be connected to one or more personal computers. Users do not have to pay individual Internet connection fees, but can share the costs with other users, keeping the costs per household to only several thousand rupiah per month. Angkringans wajanbolic antenna is based on alternative Internet technology pioneered by the Indonesian technology guru Onno W Purbo and students from Muhammadiyah University in Malang. Angkringan deliberately chose the wajan, a basic piece of cookware that can be found in almost every Indonesian kitchen, to put people with no prior exposure to

modern communication technology at ease, and to make it clear that browsing the Internet or sending an e-mail was as easy as frying an egg. The choice can also be seen as a symbol of local resistance against business monopolies dominating the computer and Internet industries. AngkringanNet provides Timbulharjo residents with Internet links to the outside world as well as an Intranet exclusively for the community. Villagers are encouraged to understand and creatively engage with the technology, and move beyond simply being end users. The AngkringanNet web site makes available various Open Source software programs for villagers to use. They can also contribute to the Village Database, which contains information on local governance, economy, health and other issues. To date, 12 wajanbolic antennas have been installed in Timbulharjo. In various workshops, Angkringan has shared its ideas and experiences beyond their village with representatives of other Indonesian community media organizations. The Indonesian government, through the Department of Communications (Depkominfo), has also donated computer equipment and provided assistance in Internet training sessions. Angkringan plans to open its wireless service to locally produced community television broadcasts in the near future.
Edwin Jurrins (e.jurriens@adfa.edu.au) is a lecturer in Indonesian Language and Culture at The University of New South Wales, Canberra.

Link : http://www.insideindonesia.org/weekly-articles-95-jan-mar-2009/frying-the-wiresfreeing-the-waves-15021741

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Using a community radio antenna, AngkringanNet transmits an Internet signal over the 2.4 GHz frequency, free of charge. The signal can then be accessed by anyone in Timbulharjo with a computer and a wajanbolic antenna.

Composed of Wajanbolic Antenna

Wajanbolic antenna is composed of an actual wajan, or frying pan, wrapped in aluminum foil and connected to a short tube. Once placed on a rooftop, tree or other elevated point.

Function of Wajanbolic Antenna

Browsing the internet Sending e-mail

Advantage of using wajanbolic Antenna

Users do not have to pay individual Internet connection fees, but can share the costs with other users, keeping the costs per household to only several thousand rupiah per month .

Pioneered of wajanbolic Antenna

Angkringans wajanbolic antenna is based on alternative Internet technology pioneered by the Indonesian technology guru Onno W Purbo and students from Muhammadiyah University in Malang.

Interrogative sentence 1. what is the title of the article ? the title of the article is frying the wires, freeing the waves. 2. when angkringan began work on establishing a local internet network? angkringan began work on establishing a local internet network in 2007. 3. why residents of Timbulharjo village in bantul formed the organization angkringan? Beacause media fare at the village level is ofteh quite limited. 4. Where wajanbolic antenna should be placed ? Wajanbolic antenna should be placed on a rooftop, tree or other elevated point. 5. Who are pioneer of wajanbolic antenna ? Angkringans wajanbolic antenna is based on alternative Internet technology pioneered by the Indonesian technology guru Onno W Purbo and students from Muhammadiyah University in Malang. 6. How wajanbolic antenna can connected with the computer ? Using the Wifi USB stick.

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