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Published 9 years ago by rti9 with 1 Comments

Cuba’s really terrible internet, explained

A few years ago some computer gamers based in Havana strung a small web of ethernet cables, from house to house, so they could play video games together. The network has grown quietly and today its called StreetNet: a bootleg internet for Havana with over 10,000 users. It was an innovation forged by necessity in a country where only 5 percent of the citizens have access to the uncensored internet. Watch the why Cuba's internet is stuck in 1995.

 

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  • Triseult
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    This is, no joke, one of the most fascinating videos I've seen about Cuba. I had no idea.

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