Cuba USA
I just had an interesting exchange with "Muchas Gracias" in the comments of this post.
In the exchange, he (she?) tells of a 10 kilometer WiFi link he helped build in Havana using fabricated antennae. He also says some people are sharing 56 kbps Internet connections using illegal WiFi access points.
In another comment on the same post, Napo tells us that WiFi registration is indeed enforced, and the authorities are working hard to detect illegal signals.
I established this blog to discuss the state of the Internet in Cuba, and hope we get other contributions telling what people and the government are really doing. Even these comments lead to other questions -- how common are shared WiFi access points in Havana and elsewhere? Is there not a danger that the police will detect the 10 kilometer WiFi link? The report I just wrote raises many questions that can only be answered from inside Cuba.
- In A Nation With Nearly No Internet Access, A Little Bit Gets A Lot Of Hype.
In mid June, Cuba announced a plan to provide public access at 35 WiFi hotspots. As we noted, 35 WiFi hotspots is a drop in the bucket for a nation with over 11 million people, yet they have received a lot of press coverage. A Google search found 651...
- The Internet Press Hypes Cuban Wifi Access
Poster with WiFi announcement at the Technology Center (14ymedio) While I was on vacation it was widely reported that ETECSA would be providing megabyte (megabit?) per second WiFi Internet access in Santiago de Cuba for $4.50 per hour. ETECSA subsequently...
- A Report Of Cabled Local Area Networks In Cuba
I wrote about WiFi-based local area networks (LANs) a while ago and, according to an article posted on Cubanet, cabled LANs are now proliferating in Cuba. The article says some LANs use underground cables to avoid detection and others run their cables...
- A Conversation With A Cuban Telecommunication Engineer
I asked for input and test runs from people in Cuba in a recent post, and I've had an interesting email conversation with a telecommunication engineer who says he has never worked in that field. He asked me not to share his name or email address....
- The Internet Is "dumb" And Micro-management Is Dumb
In my report on the state of the Cuban Internet, I characterized the Cuban Web as being stuck in the mid 1990s. I cited quite a bit of evidence for that conclusion -- let me give you one example here. I went to the Web site of the Ministry of Informatics...
Cuba USA
Reporting from inside Cuba
I just had an interesting exchange with "Muchas Gracias" in the comments of this post.
In the exchange, he (she?) tells of a 10 kilometer WiFi link he helped build in Havana using fabricated antennae. He also says some people are sharing 56 kbps Internet connections using illegal WiFi access points.
In another comment on the same post, Napo tells us that WiFi registration is indeed enforced, and the authorities are working hard to detect illegal signals.
I established this blog to discuss the state of the Internet in Cuba, and hope we get other contributions telling what people and the government are really doing. Even these comments lead to other questions -- how common are shared WiFi access points in Havana and elsewhere? Is there not a danger that the police will detect the 10 kilometer WiFi link? The report I just wrote raises many questions that can only be answered from inside Cuba.
- In A Nation With Nearly No Internet Access, A Little Bit Gets A Lot Of Hype.
In mid June, Cuba announced a plan to provide public access at 35 WiFi hotspots. As we noted, 35 WiFi hotspots is a drop in the bucket for a nation with over 11 million people, yet they have received a lot of press coverage. A Google search found 651...
- The Internet Press Hypes Cuban Wifi Access
Poster with WiFi announcement at the Technology Center (14ymedio) While I was on vacation it was widely reported that ETECSA would be providing megabyte (megabit?) per second WiFi Internet access in Santiago de Cuba for $4.50 per hour. ETECSA subsequently...
- A Report Of Cabled Local Area Networks In Cuba
I wrote about WiFi-based local area networks (LANs) a while ago and, according to an article posted on Cubanet, cabled LANs are now proliferating in Cuba. The article says some LANs use underground cables to avoid detection and others run their cables...
- A Conversation With A Cuban Telecommunication Engineer
I asked for input and test runs from people in Cuba in a recent post, and I've had an interesting email conversation with a telecommunication engineer who says he has never worked in that field. He asked me not to share his name or email address....
- The Internet Is "dumb" And Micro-management Is Dumb
In my report on the state of the Cuban Internet, I characterized the Cuban Web as being stuck in the mid 1990s. I cited quite a bit of evidence for that conclusion -- let me give you one example here. I went to the Web site of the Ministry of Informatics...