Cuba USA
I have suggested short and long-run steps the government of Cuba could take if, as they claim, they wish to improve Internet access. One of my short-term suggestions was to allow private entrepreneurs to sell satellite Internet connectivity. (Retail telecommunications agent is one of the 201 jobs authorized for self employment).
The United States has now cleared the way for satellite Internet providers to serve Cuba and it has been reported that Vice Minister Gonzales Vidal said that the importation of the satellite equipment Alan Gross brought into the country is no longer prohibited.
If there is a school, clinic, Joven Club, etc. willing to try a satellite pilot, contact me -- I'm willing to seek a satellite provider in the US and will pay for the first years connectivity.
- The Short And Long Term Future Of The Cuban Internet
I gave a talk on the short and long term future of the Cuban Internet at the Conference of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy. For the short run, I talked about things that are announced and underway -- expansion of public access and connecting...
- Cuban International Traffic Shifts From Satellite To The Alba-1 Undersea Cable
Doug Madory, Director of Internet Analysis at Dyn Research, sent me a note on Cuba's international traffic. As you see here, on July 1, nearly all satellite traffic (blue and green) was re-routed to the ALBA-1 undersea cable: As a result, median...
- A Modest Connectivity Pilot Proposal
Would the Cuban government be willing to test a few low-speed satellite links that were not controlled by ETECSA? I had an interesting exchange with a reader this week. He took exception to my assertion that the sorry state of the Internet in Cuba today...
- Could Google Provide Internet Access In Cuba?
The obstacles are political, not technical Eric Schmidt and other Google executives traveled to Cuba where they met with members of the Internet community and the government. Google is providing Internet access in a few US Cities and is considering others...
- Renesys Detects Some Two-way Cable Traffic
Click to enlargeAt exactly 14:01 UTC Tuesday (09:01 local time), Renesys saw a third mode in their latency tests. In this plot, you can see the original pure-satellite mode (A), the apparent one way satellite mode we mentioned in an earlier post (B),...
Cuba USA
Can we now do a satellite access pilot in Cuba?
I have suggested short and long-run steps the government of Cuba could take if, as they claim, they wish to improve Internet access. One of my short-term suggestions was to allow private entrepreneurs to sell satellite Internet connectivity. (Retail telecommunications agent is one of the 201 jobs authorized for self employment).
The United States has now cleared the way for satellite Internet providers to serve Cuba and it has been reported that Vice Minister Gonzales Vidal said that the importation of the satellite equipment Alan Gross brought into the country is no longer prohibited.
If there is a school, clinic, Joven Club, etc. willing to try a satellite pilot, contact me -- I'm willing to seek a satellite provider in the US and will pay for the first years connectivity.
- The Short And Long Term Future Of The Cuban Internet
I gave a talk on the short and long term future of the Cuban Internet at the Conference of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy. For the short run, I talked about things that are announced and underway -- expansion of public access and connecting...
- Cuban International Traffic Shifts From Satellite To The Alba-1 Undersea Cable
Doug Madory, Director of Internet Analysis at Dyn Research, sent me a note on Cuba's international traffic. As you see here, on July 1, nearly all satellite traffic (blue and green) was re-routed to the ALBA-1 undersea cable: As a result, median...
- A Modest Connectivity Pilot Proposal
Would the Cuban government be willing to test a few low-speed satellite links that were not controlled by ETECSA? I had an interesting exchange with a reader this week. He took exception to my assertion that the sorry state of the Internet in Cuba today...
- Could Google Provide Internet Access In Cuba?
The obstacles are political, not technical Eric Schmidt and other Google executives traveled to Cuba where they met with members of the Internet community and the government. Google is providing Internet access in a few US Cities and is considering others...
- Renesys Detects Some Two-way Cable Traffic
Click to enlargeAt exactly 14:01 UTC Tuesday (09:01 local time), Renesys saw a third mode in their latency tests. In this plot, you can see the original pure-satellite mode (A), the apparent one way satellite mode we mentioned in an earlier post (B),...