Cuba USA
Might the style of this help page say something about Cuba's improvising, do-it-yourself culture?
Instructions for connecting to an ETECSA hotpsot are posted in (Google Translate) English here and in the original Spanish here. The instructions are clear and they don't simply say what to do -- they teach a new user a little about the Internet. For example, they explain what DHCP and cookies are as well as showing how to enable them.
The tutorial also points out that your position and distance from the access point will affect signal strength and promises that the next tutorial will include plans for home-made antennae.
The instructions say all users will be able to download at a rate of 1mb/s regardless of the number sharing the access point. I imagine that that implies only a fixed number of users are able to connect at the same time and they only allow people with relatively strong signals to connect. (Can any reader verify that claim)?
Finally, they show how a user can check his/her download speed using Wget:
While not a computer science textbook, this user guide goes beyond rote "click this then click that" instructions -- it attempts to teach a little. The difference may be subtle, but people who have some understanding of the technology they are using will be more self-sufficient and less alienated. This is one tenuous example, but might the style of this help page say something about Cuba's improvising, do-it-yourself culture?
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Cuba USA
Instructions/tutorial for connecting to an ETECSA WiFi hot spot
Might the style of this help page say something about Cuba's improvising, do-it-yourself culture?
Instructions for connecting to an ETECSA hotpsot are posted in (Google Translate) English here and in the original Spanish here. The instructions are clear and they don't simply say what to do -- they teach a new user a little about the Internet. For example, they explain what DHCP and cookies are as well as showing how to enable them.
The tutorial also points out that your position and distance from the access point will affect signal strength and promises that the next tutorial will include plans for home-made antennae.
The instructions say all users will be able to download at a rate of 1mb/s regardless of the number sharing the access point. I imagine that that implies only a fixed number of users are able to connect at the same time and they only allow people with relatively strong signals to connect. (Can any reader verify that claim)?
Finally, they show how a user can check his/her download speed using Wget:
While not a computer science textbook, this user guide goes beyond rote "click this then click that" instructions -- it attempts to teach a little. The difference may be subtle, but people who have some understanding of the technology they are using will be more self-sufficient and less alienated. This is one tenuous example, but might the style of this help page say something about Cuba's improvising, do-it-yourself culture?
- Cuba's Wifi Access Plan Raises Intresting Questions.
Do we see the outline of a future national fiber backbone? Luis Manuel Díaz Naranjo, ETECSA Director of Communications, has announced that during the coming weeks, they plan to roll out 35 WiFi access points. As shown here, they will be distributed throughout...
- Cuba's Broadband Connectivity Plan
The International Telecommunication Union advocates nations formulating broadband plans. They stated the case for broadband planning in a 2013 report on the correlation between national broadband plans and citizens’ access to affordable service. In...
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Adonis Ortiz chats with his father, who lives in the U.S., using a free Wi-Fi network at a center run by famed artist Kcho, in Havana, (Desmond Boylan/Associated Press) The Cuban artist Kcho received permission from the Cuban telecommunication monopoly...
- Annual Report On Cuban Ict
The Cuban National Statistics Office reports over one million computers and twice as many .CU domain names as the previous year. The Cuban National Statistics Office has released their 2014 Information and Communication Technology report. Here are the...
- Etecsa Officials Provide Some Details And Make Some Promises
Etecsa officials held a press conference in which they made the point that the 118 new Internet access rooms are just the start of improved Internet service. They promised lower prices, more access rooms, WiFi in access rooms, mobile connectivity, etc.,...