Template:BIF About
The Basic Internet Foundation
Connect the Unconnected: Envision a world of free access to information on health care, education or development.
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. In short
- Our vision is Internet Lite for All
- We promote and provide Free access to information
- We build Information spots
- Through Internet Lite for All we build the basis for Digital Inclusion and Societal Empowerment
- We see Digital Health as enabler for digital literacy, better knowledge on relevant health issues, and social entrepreneurship. Energy, digital and health together form the building blocks for sustainable development
If you want to read more,
- please visit our Blog on "Internet Lite for All" or
- watch the video presented on Spanish TV about the Basic Internet Foundation: http://www.eitb.eus/es/get/multimedia/screen/id/3851820/tipo/videos/
- download our White Paper Basic Internet Access for All or our Teaser (.pdf slides) for topics on education and health
How To?
Are you wondering on how to connect your community? We help you in establishing Information Spots
You want to read more on why we use Internet Lite?
You have already plans to connect your community, your school, your health facility? Please read what has to be done in the field prior to establishing an Info Spot
Are you convinced to establish an Info Spot? Then please contact us to make the necessary agreements (MoU), purchase and further steps mailto:info@basicinternet.org
Thus, if everything is agreed, we have shipped the equipment, and you received the equipment, then please perform the preparation of the roll-out.
- See vimeo.com/354375901 for the steps of connectivity
- Go through the testing procedure on https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YAJhIZztZWPr3ENHJv6eK5vBFYfGakcTADbXorSJ_Gs/edit
Experience problems? Please visit BasicInternet:Problems
You are almost there, prepare the roll-out in the field, and Best Praxis from our communities
There are Web pages that should be available, but are currently blocked? Your regional administrator can manage that by adding sites to the Whitelist.
The access is working? Then it's time for the Premium service. Read about our Voucher Platform to give out vouchers fro e.g. 1h, 4h or more. Please note that when you sell vouchers, you will need to require an ISP license.
Do you still have questions? Go through our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), Search on our Wiki or have a look at a presentation (.pdf) of our infrastructure.
Our Terminology
- Information spot - An information spot provides free access to local information, and to Internet Lite
- Free access to information is based on the Freemium model for access, with free access to information and premium access to broadband services on the Internet
- Internet Lite for All is the implementation of an Internet with text and pictures, enabled through light-weight protocols such as AMP
- Digital Inclusion and leaving no-one behind are the core drivers for the free access to information for all
- Societal Empowerment through digital inclusion, with focus on keeping the value within the community
- Digital Health for Digital Empowerment - Our research has proven that digital health information not only has significant results on health knowledge, but also empowers people digitally by learning on how to use digital devices and achieve information
