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In his annual report to Parliament, Cuban Minister of Informatics and Communications, Maimir Mesa, spoke of the decision to "expand the Internet gradually" with projects to enhance social applications. He also said security would be improved and the cost of mobile service reduced.
As far as I know, he said nothing about the ALBA-1 undersea cable.
Does anyone have any detail on the projects he did refer to?
Here is a short video clip from the talk:
- Cuban Home Connectivity Prices Leaked (with A Tidbit At The End Of The Post)
Diario de Cuba reported that Etecsa will begin selling home Internet connectivity in September. Prime time prices will be: The night time price (8PM - 7AM) will be 20 CUC for 90 hours, with a charge of 20 convertible centavos per hour after the limit...
- Cuban Mobile Access Prices
Cubansocial gives us a back-of-the-envelope calculation of the monthly cost of mobile Internet activity in Cuba. The estimate for email and a bit of Web browsing is 2-300 megabytes per month. That would cost 1,000 to 1,500 CUC if one paid the following...
- Etecsa Plans To Offer Mobile Internet Access And Email
A brief post on CubaDebate says ETECSA will be offering mobile Internet access this summer. But, there are no details. Where will the new service be available? What will it cost? What technology will it use? ETECA attributes this modernization and extension...
- What's Up With The Alba-1 Cable? Time To Follow The Money.
MIC Minisiter Maimir Mesa commenting on the ALBA-1 cableLast week I received an email from Doug Madory of Renesys Corporation, the Internet monitoring company. Doug is the analyst who, last May, provided us with smoking-gun evidence that the ALBA-1 undersea...
- Limited Pilot Testing Of The Alba-1 Cable?
Muchas Gracias sent us a link to an article in which Jorge Arreaza, Venezuelan minister of Science and Technology says the cable is operational, but not saying what it was being used for (http://www.diariodecuba.com/cuba/11252-venezuela-asegura-que-el-cable-de-internet-esta-absolutamente-operativo)....
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Cuba to promote social use of the Internet and cut mobile cost
As far as I know, he said nothing about the ALBA-1 undersea cable.
Does anyone have any detail on the projects he did refer to?
Here is a short video clip from the talk:
- Cuban Home Connectivity Prices Leaked (with A Tidbit At The End Of The Post)
Diario de Cuba reported that Etecsa will begin selling home Internet connectivity in September. Prime time prices will be: The night time price (8PM - 7AM) will be 20 CUC for 90 hours, with a charge of 20 convertible centavos per hour after the limit...
- Cuban Mobile Access Prices
Cubansocial gives us a back-of-the-envelope calculation of the monthly cost of mobile Internet activity in Cuba. The estimate for email and a bit of Web browsing is 2-300 megabytes per month. That would cost 1,000 to 1,500 CUC if one paid the following...
- Etecsa Plans To Offer Mobile Internet Access And Email
A brief post on CubaDebate says ETECSA will be offering mobile Internet access this summer. But, there are no details. Where will the new service be available? What will it cost? What technology will it use? ETECA attributes this modernization and extension...
- What's Up With The Alba-1 Cable? Time To Follow The Money.
MIC Minisiter Maimir Mesa commenting on the ALBA-1 cableLast week I received an email from Doug Madory of Renesys Corporation, the Internet monitoring company. Doug is the analyst who, last May, provided us with smoking-gun evidence that the ALBA-1 undersea...
- Limited Pilot Testing Of The Alba-1 Cable?
Muchas Gracias sent us a link to an article in which Jorge Arreaza, Venezuelan minister of Science and Technology says the cable is operational, but not saying what it was being used for (http://www.diariodecuba.com/cuba/11252-venezuela-asegura-que-el-cable-de-internet-esta-absolutamente-operativo)....