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The Basic Internet Foundation ([http://twitter.com/@Basic4All @Basic4all]) is a Norwegian foundation with the goal of '''Connecting the Unconnected'''  
 
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

The Basic Internet Foundation (@Basic4all) is a Norwegian foundation with the goal of Connecting the Unconnected

Join our quest to make this vision a reality!

In order to Connect the Unconnected people of the World, the Basic Internet Foundation established the concept Internet Lite for All, the free access to information for everyone:

  • the Foundation supports the Fremium model for Internet access, with free access to text, pictures and local video, and paid access to broadband and streaming services;
  • the Foundation works for optimised content delivery on capacity-limited networks through low cost infrastructure, addressing areas with low admission and/or no Internet coverage.
  • the Foundation assists organisations and companies to adapt and disseminate information to everyone, and thus empower underprivileged societies;
  • the Foundation performs research and development to achieve free access to information as part of sustainable infrastructures.


with the purposes of (i) providing free access to low capacity Internet as a carrier of digital content to people in areas with low admission and / or no Internet coverage, and (ii) assist organisations and companies to adapt and disseminate information for the affected recipients should be able to help themselves. Assistance may include educational systems, healthcare, agriculture information, innovation, banking or other services that contribute to increased welfare and value creation that benefit the population in the respective areas. The Foundation sees itself as complementary to companies providing digital access on a commercial basis, and seeks collaboration to enable digital inclusion for everyone. The Foundation was established in December 2014 as collaboration between The University Graduate Centre (UNIK) and Kjeller Innovasjon AS, and has provided several pilot installations. This FAQ will address questions related to both societal impact, market, business and technology. Societal Impact Q: Why does the Foundation address digital access? A: Digital access is a human right. However, UN data shows that of the world's 7 billion people, 4.2 billion are still without regular Internet access. Foundation’s vision is to provide free Internet access to basic information for everyone on the globe, by creating and promoting the “Information-Internet” (InfoInternet). The InfoInternet is “just information, nothing else”, or in technology terms, the focus on (compressed) text and pictures. We believe that addressing the digital access will help tackle wider global social issues, support business and economic growth, and close the inequalities gaps. Q: What is the relation to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 2030) A: Basic Internet Foundation consists of advisors, and partners having an excellent expertise in the fields of digital access, content management, core competence in health and education for SDG 3 and 4, and understand the business of digital access. Through its vision and projects, the Foundation promotes the digital access and the need for free access as building blocks to achieve SDG 3 and 4. Q: What type of digital inequalities are we facing in the society? A: We live in societies in which inequality is ignored in education, science, business, economy, and in the media. As Internet technologies are rapidly evolving and new digital divides emerge, we must tackle socio-cultural differences, focus on technological infrastructure, Internet skills, literacies and digital media usage. From our own research in the field, we have identified that core issues and digital inequality challenges: access to information and Internet, skills (to be able to use information and Internet), privacy and trust, and motivation of the use. Digital inclusion is about overcoming these challenges and working on a solid structured programmes and projects.

Q: What is the impact of digital inclusion? A: The impact of digital inclusion is overcoming the challenges in access, skills, security and trust, and motivation. Implementing digital inclusion by provisioning of free basic Internet and customised content for education and health, thus creating the basis for growing business and social inclusion. With the current societal changes that are perceived in developing economies, we aim at bringing digital inclusion and thus social and financial inclusion to people with low income through collaboration between the Basic Internet Foundation and partners. Through this collaboration we will gain social and economic development, boost the economic growth and contribute to lessening the present digital divide and achieving the gender equality. The government, Ministries, and its partners already do a lot to help promote digital inclusion; however this is not enough and having the impact it needs to.


Market Q: Which market do you address? A: We address the people who don’t have mobile broadband network coverage, or don’t have the ability to pay for the access. Building spot-wise Information access is less costly than building mobile broadband service, and is seen as the entry point for digital literacy. Q: What is your relation to mobile operators and others providing access? A: Our focus is on people who are left-aside by the traditional, revenue-oriented roll-out. By focussing on hot-spots with Wifi access, rather than addressing coverage Q: x? A: Q: What to you think about Facebook and Free Basics? A: Business Q: How do you earn money? A: Q: x? A: Q: x? A: Q: x? A: Technology Q: How does Opera, Opera Turbo/Opera Mini work? A: We have implemented a proxy separating the traffic between “InfoInternet” and “Internet”. . Weared that you got “Opera” without Turbo to work, sure you did not had the voucher enabled? We tried to fix the “Opera Mini” error on Android, but Opera Mini still opens a new tab. - If you have an idea how to describe the failure, please let me know. it is difficult to get the message across to the Chinese developers.

2) Regarding the vouchers: Yes, we have implemented a system such that you can “order” any kind of time and capacity, e.g. 1 day with 100 MByte, 1 hour free, …. The system is up and running, and Iñaki can provide you with access to order vouchers. (we have used the vouchers both in DRC and in the hospitals here around) We don’t have voucher restrictions to “whitelisting”, we could not see a business reason for that.

3) Whitelisting Whitelisting is used for “free access” to basic information. Whitelisting is per IP domain (“sub-network”), which means that you can adopt to the wishes of your customer. Example: we can have free access to “Mærsk” for one customer, and to “Red Hat” on other sub-networks. Whitelisting is only active in “Opera Mini” mode - not when vouchers are used.

4) Restrictions on streaming elements What you indicate is exactly the goal of “BasicInternet”. To build a proxy which translates all “dynamic Web pages” into “Information Internet”, being compressed text and pictures as information bearer. I’m travelling to India in some 10 days to discuss with operators, Tata and government representatives the idea of such a proxy. - As you know, operators (me included) tried WAP long time ago, but failed. What we see now is the responsive design, adopting to the browser. Thus, for a proxy such as Opera Mini, would be the answer, and might come through http2 standardisation as server-side compression. The challenge is encryption, as any https: access is “blind” for the proxy, and would need deep packet inspection to filter out dynamic elements. This is a cumbersome business, and the reason why we favour the “proxy” solution. By the way, check the criteria which Facebook has put out for “Free Basics” with respect to html5 elements. Very interesting, except that all data end up with Facebook. x? A: Q: x? A: Q: x? A: Q: x? A:


On Foundation Who runs the Basic Internet Foundation?

        A committee board of advisors from various fields of expertize.

Where is the Foundation based?

Who funds the Basic Internet Foundation?

How can I help?

X collaboration X partnerships X project proposals X donation - paypal account/button on the website?

We welcome new partners, affiliates, and sponsors.