Bob Frankston's very deep and thought provoking deck for his talk at ISOC-DC's panel discussion: Connecting Everyone! Mesh Networks, Public Internet and the Drive Towards Universal Access
Note that Bob insists that people that we point viewers to: http://rmf.vc/DIYToInternet
for the complete experience.
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The internet as diy
1. From DIY
To The Internet
Bob Frankston / http://Frankston.com
March 1st 2012 / ISOC-DC
2. Do It Yourself – 1960’s / 1970’s
• Did our own networking
• Radio Packets, Coax, CYCLADES
• Reliability was DIY in apps
• We had to discover what worked
• LANS + dialup & Leased Lines
• IP decoupled from TCP/UDP
• Providers were not required!
Copyright 2012 Bob Frankston | ISOC DC 1-March-2012
3. Learn Accounting / Context
• Don’t confuse measures with reality
• “Costs” are based on models
• “Spectrum” is a construct!
• “Price” is a story
• “Supply” is what you make of it
• “Speed” is really capacity
Copyright 2012 Bob Frankston | ISOC DC 1-March-2012
4. DIY: The World as Your Oyster
• Demand Supply when
• You find value in what you have
• Aren’t beholden to rent seekers
• The Internet is a market architecture
• Local efforts contribute to the whole
Demand Supply
Copyright 2012 Bob Frankston | ISOC DC 1-March-2012
6. Telecommunications
Applications
Value
$
Data Services
Network
Copyright 2012 Bob Frankston | ISOC DC 1-March-2012
7. A Service Per Device
• Government Defined!
• No synergy, No DIY
• Services must be built in
• Bits billed or killed
• Transaction Revenue
• Cell phone is carrier platform
• Voice (by distance!)
• Tethering
• SMS (MMS)
• Television/Radio
9. A break from the past!
Meet me in 5 Meet me in 5
minutes for seconds with
drinks if defibrillator!
you’re around Applications
Relationships
Information!
Purchases
Internet
Packets of 0’s and 1’s (A-Z)
Voice
Wires, Radios or
Meet me in 5
Whatever
Copyright 2012 Bob Frankston | ISOC DC 1-March-2012
10. Rephrasing
• Carriers own our rights-of-way so
• They can provide us with services
• They can rent it back at a profit
• Bits are like moveable type
• Analog – service infrastructure
• Digital (Bits) – common facilities
Copyright 2012 Bob Frankston | ISOC DC 1-March-2012
11. Any To Any but no Promises
• Ambient Connectivity!
• Skype User User
• IP is machine machine
• Repurpose Bluetooth et al
• Wired logic?
• PC is (now) your platform
Copyright 2012 Bob Frankston | ISOC DC 1-March-2012
12. New business model
• Market-based (like home networking)
• Pay for Materials
• Pay for Labor
• Value is in the whole (like sidewalks)
• Helpful but not necessary
• Pay for as a community
• No need for exclusion to create value!
Copyright 2012 Bob Frankston | ISOC DC 1-March-2012
13. Can Act Locally
• No dependency outside providers
• Work with neighbors/community
• Benefits of local dense coverage
• Benefits of wide thin coverage
• Aggregate purchasing
• Aggregate purchases
Copyright 2012 Bob Frankston | ISOC DC 1-March-2012
14. Looking Ahead
• Understanding is key
• Lots of enthusiasm to tap into
• Neutrality Commons
• Open Moot
• Act locally to add to opportunity
• Understand and iterate
Copyright 2012 Bob Frankston | ISOC DC 1-March-2012
15. Let’s Begin?
• Have more slides for those interested
• Readings at http://rmf.vc/Public
Copyright 2012 Bob Frankston | ISOC DC 1-March-2012
16. Underwater Reefs
• Twisty Winding Passages
• “Agree Screens”
• Grease my palm … or else
• Authentication
• Bubble Baby Security
• IP Addresses and the DNS
• Fear of Wi-Fi
Copyright 2012 Bob Frankston | ISOC DC 1-March-2012