The internet as diy

From DIYTo The InternetBob Frankston / http://Frankston.comMarch 1st 2012 / ISOC-DC

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Copyright 2012 Bob Frankston | ISOC DC 1-March-2012

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!


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


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


Railroads


Telecommunications

Applications

Data Services

Network

Value $

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

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Stop The Presses!ATT is at it again!


A break from the past!

ApplicationsRelationships

Wires, Radios or Whatever

Packets of 0’s and 1’s (A-Z)

Meet me in 5 minutes for drinks if you’re around

Meet me in 5 seconds with defibrillator!

Meet me in 5

Voice

Internet

PurchasesInformation!


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


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


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!


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


Looking Ahead

•Understanding is key• Lots of enthusiasm to tap into•Neutrality Commons•Open Moot•Act locally to add to opportunity•Understand and iterate


Let’s Begin?

•Have more slides for those interested•Readings at http://rmf.vc/Public

http://rmf.vc/Public

http://rmf.vc/Public


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

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