Google Has a Tough Road Ahead if it Wants to “Connect Cuba” to a Free and Open Internet
As published in Motherboard, “The most telling tidbit of information from President Obama’s visit to Cuba thus far was this disclaimer sent in an email to reporters by Laura Haim, a White House correspondent for the French TV station Canal Plus: ‘Apologies...
Is Cuba Building the Next Great “Cyber Wall” with China?
The Associated Press ran a story Sunday on Cuba’s announcement of a pilot project to launch broadband Internet service in two Havana neighborhoods. It mentions that ETECSA, the country’s state run telecommunications monopoly, will allow Cubans in Old Havana to “order...
Cuba’s WiFi: “Expensive, Uncomfortable, and Dangerous”
As published in Diario de Cuba, “access to Internet for Cubans, via open WiFi zones in the country, is very expensive (2.00 CUC per hour, approx $2 U.S.D.), slow and far from achieving wide coverage.”In addition, “the 35 areas in Cuba designated to...