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Cuba Starts Rolling Out Internet on Mobile Phones (reuters.com) 54

Posted by msmash from the marching-forward dept.
Communist-run Cuba has started providing internet on the mobile phones of select users as it aims to roll out the service nationwide by year-end, in a further step toward opening one of the Western Hemisphere's least connected countries. From a report: Journalists at state-run news outlets were among the first this year to get mobile internet, provided by Cuba's telecoms monopoly, as part of a wider campaign for greater internet access that new President Miguel Diaz-Canel has said should boost the economy and help Cubans defend their revolution. Analysts said broader web access will also ultimately weaken the government's control of what information reaches people in the one-party island state that has a monopoly on the media. Cuba frowns on public dissent and blocks access to dissident websites.
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  • In Soviet Cuba, phone connects to you...wait. Nevermind.

  • The problem is there is too much Ego in government and not enough listening. Nearly every decision will have trade offs, many of them may not be predictable and at what scale until after it has happen. Governments if they are actually working for the people and not themselves should be able to listen to the decent that is in place and learn from it. Punishing descent will only hide the problems from the government and many people can suffer, because sometimes a small tweak to a decision may make the oppos

  • This is not going to solve the problem of people risking their own lives and their families lives to flee the country.

    FREEDOM will solve the problem.

    The government should spend less of its attention on SIFTING OUT people's hard earned money and propping up bread-and-circus access to celebutard news media and more of its attention on releasing political prisoners and letting people start businesses.

    That will get people out of poverty. If they just expanded individual freedom outside currency would P

    • Oh, the wonders of american freedom, the freedom to die from a disease in the street, uncared for. I think I'll take german "stalinism" over this one, thank you very much.

      • Americans have a much higher standard of living and generally don't think they are owed food and health care.

        I think Germany and Cuba would be better to follow America's model.

        Also Germany and New Mexico should eject all the cartels and jihadists killing and raping without recourse.

        • I prefer social solidarity over gadgets. I prefer welfare over freedom.

          • >> I prefer welfare over freedom.

            You should be able to do what you prefer.

            Me, I don't prefer that.

            Each of us should be able to pursue happiness as we are entitled by the Declaration of Independence.

            Civilly speaking, my preferences should be just as valid as yours.

            Unless you're a king or tyrant or whatever.

            • It may surprise you, american, but I have never signed your declaration of independence, nor do I live in your country, nor do I respect what your culture has become.

              • Not living in America is an accomplishment then?

                I suppose I do agree with you in that you've probably had to make do with more challenges and less opportunity.

                Acknowledging that ... I think you should be ready to part with your struggles and embrace freedom.
  • This only works if the phone has an eSATAp connector to plug the internet drive into.

  • eSamizdat (Score:1)

    by Anonymous Coward

    Samizdat [wikipedia.org] help to topple other communist governments. Today, it's much easier with the Internet. Expect big changes in Cuba, shortly.

  • Cuba frowns on public dissent (Score:5, Insightful)

    by xxxJonBoyxxx ( 565205 ) on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @12:26PM (#56962908)
    >> Cuba frowns on public dissent

    Where "frowns" equals "has killed tens of thousands of people in the name of political correctness"

    https://www.quora.com/How-many-deaths-was-Fidel-Castro-responsible-for

    • No comrade, with time you will learn that under that mustache, Big Brother is smiling.

    • Where "frowns" equals "has killed tens of thousands of people in the name of political correctness"

      Which makes me wonder ...

      All the people upset about Trump in Helsinki, where were they when Obama was cozying up to Castro and reestablishing diplomatic relations with Cuba without so much a stern word about their appalling human rights practices?

      Asking for a friend.

    • Comment removed based on user account deletion

  • Is this a good thing?

    • Yes! Everyone knows that cute cat videos will save the world!

    • For the most part it is. However Cuba track record on these type of things, means we should a world population keep an eye on it to see the ramifications of this.

  • This sounds like a job... for BATMAN! [wikipedia.org]

    I mean, maybe. I dunno. Low connectivity with only a few points actually having a connection and everyone else running adhoc wireless sharing one common resource DOES sound pretty communistic. But I really just wanted to say the line about batman.

  • you know, that's what's really important here.

  • Analysts said broader web access will also ultimately weaken the government's control of what information reaches people in the one-party island state that has a monopoly on the media.

    Cuban can already get any news they want from foreign radio./p

  • With mass communications comes the NSA, CIA, GCHQ, MI6 and a color revolution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]

    All the US backed protest organizing can now be funded and directed on secure networks.
    The NSA is going to use the new communications networks to secure communications between neighborhood protest committees.

    In every neighborhood, Color Revolution.
  • Because it's over. Castro won when Baptista fled, thus ending the revolution.

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