Cuba USA
I've written posts about the wired and wireless neighborhood local area networks that have sprung up around Cuba. They are used for file exchange, game playing and discussion -- but no political discussion.
I came a across a Voice of America video (below) with interviews of a couple of the users (perhaps system administrators -- they did not say). Here are a couple of stills from the video:
The video reminded me of the way people in rural India used to share cable TV:
It also reminded me of Cuba's necessity-driven hacker/maker culture:
Computer programmer is one of the jobs the Cuban government has designated as eligible for self-employment -- let's hope for innovation from these hackers and I hope ETECSA is hiring them for their networking skills.
Here's the video:
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Also see:
http://laredcubana.blogspot.com/2014/08/a-report-of-cabled-local-area-networks.html
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Cuba USA
Video showing a neighborhood LAN in Cuba
I've written posts about the wired and wireless neighborhood local area networks that have sprung up around Cuba. They are used for file exchange, game playing and discussion -- but no political discussion.
I came a across a Voice of America video (below) with interviews of a couple of the users (perhaps system administrators -- they did not say). Here are a couple of stills from the video:
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| Building junction point |
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| Cables run across roof tops and between buildings |
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| Does anyone recognize this switch? |
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| Everybody knows that we are being watched ... |
The video reminded me of the way people in rural India used to share cable TV:
It also reminded me of Cuba's necessity-driven hacker/maker culture:
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| http://www.rikimbili.com/ |
Computer programmer is one of the jobs the Cuban government has designated as eligible for self-employment -- let's hope for innovation from these hackers and I hope ETECSA is hiring them for their networking skills.
Here's the video:
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Also see:
http://laredcubana.blogspot.com/2014/08/a-report-of-cabled-local-area-networks.html
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For several years, I've been tracking Cuba's "paquete semenal," a weekly distribution of entertainment, software, games, news, etc. on portable hard disks and flash drives. I've noted that the compilation and distribution of the material is...
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Twenty years ago, while working on a study of the Internet in India, I had a chance to meet Professor M.S. Swaminathan, at his research foundation in Chennai. Our research framework included several facets of the Internet in a nation, including its use...
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A couple of months ago, the Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba (FHRC) used the crowd-funding site Indiegogo to raise $35,000 for a campaign to "connect Cuba". One of the things they promised to use the funds for was a campaign video, which is now online...
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Che Guevara and Fidel Castro have inspired a Cuban shooter game, Gesta Final Gesta Final is a keyboard operated game developed by a 12-person team directed by Haylin Corujo, head of video game studies for Cuba's Youth Computer Club. It is intended...
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