Cuba USA
The internet arouses affection and fear.
Iván García has posted a great description of the Cuban "computer rooms". (As he notes, there is no good English translation for "salas de navegación").
Here are a few random quotes:
- “cuba Does Not Allow Free Access To Internet” If This Were True, Why Spent 70 Million Dollars For A Fiber Optic Cable Running From Venezuela
By Jose Manzaneda Source: La Pupila Insomne “Executives of Google visit Cuba to promote access to Internet” or Google president visits Cuba to promote ‘free and open Internet’ are headlines of the international press with a unanimous message:...
- Anne Nelson's Visit To Havana
Anne Nelson, who teaches New Media and Development Communication at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs has described her experience with the Internet during a trip to Havana. The post is quite interesting. She talks with a lot of...
- The Cost Of Obsolete Technology
Yoani Sánchez recently posted a sad anecdote. She had just gotten away for a two day vacation, when she learned that the server at the Cuban blogger portal Desdecuba.com was down. That meant she had to return to Havana and get an English translator to...
- Ping Time From Cuba To The Us
Ping is a simple utility program that comes with every Mac or Windows computer. Ping records the time it takes to send a data packet across the Internet and to receive an acknowledgement of receipt from the remote computer. A colleague in Cuba recently...
- Gathering Data From Within Cuba
I interviewed an anonymous Internet user for my report on the state of the Internet in Cuba. I was curious about control over access to information and services at various locations. He told me that domestic email and Web pages can be accessed from all...
Cuba USA
Iván García's description of the Cuban "computer rooms" -- a success in spite of everything
The internet arouses affection and fear.
Here are a few random quotes:
- On average, each internet room has received 7,600 customers a month in the first 12 months. Some 250 internet users a day. 25 an hour: the internet premises are open 10 and a half hours every day of the week, from 8:30 am to 7 pm.
- Of the blogs or webs originating in Cuba, like Primavera Digital, out of every 100 people consulted, only 9% said they copy the contents onto a pendrive to read later at home.
- A technician tells me that, right now, the Ministry of the Interior (MININT) has a fleet of vehicles equipped to detect illegal internet signals and cable satellite channels.
- The connection speed can’t be compared with what you find in other countries: between 512 Kb and 2 Mb.
- For those who like to read the international media, the favourites are the BBC, El Pais and the Financial Times. Of the Cuban pages, the most visited are Diario de Cuba and Havana Times, and, of the Miami newspapers, El Nuevo Herald and Diario de las Américas.
- “cuba Does Not Allow Free Access To Internet” If This Were True, Why Spent 70 Million Dollars For A Fiber Optic Cable Running From Venezuela
By Jose Manzaneda Source: La Pupila Insomne “Executives of Google visit Cuba to promote access to Internet” or Google president visits Cuba to promote ‘free and open Internet’ are headlines of the international press with a unanimous message:...
- Anne Nelson's Visit To Havana
Anne Nelson, who teaches New Media and Development Communication at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs has described her experience with the Internet during a trip to Havana. The post is quite interesting. She talks with a lot of...
- The Cost Of Obsolete Technology
Yoani Sánchez recently posted a sad anecdote. She had just gotten away for a two day vacation, when she learned that the server at the Cuban blogger portal Desdecuba.com was down. That meant she had to return to Havana and get an English translator to...
- Ping Time From Cuba To The Us
Ping is a simple utility program that comes with every Mac or Windows computer. Ping records the time it takes to send a data packet across the Internet and to receive an acknowledgement of receipt from the remote computer. A colleague in Cuba recently...
- Gathering Data From Within Cuba
I interviewed an anonymous Internet user for my report on the state of the Internet in Cuba. I was curious about control over access to information and services at various locations. He told me that domestic email and Web pages can be accessed from all...