In Havana, will open 30 new points of wireless Wi-Fi network
Cuban authorities have announced the launch of home broadband access to the Internet in two districts of Havana. It is also planned to allow access to broadband Internet in cafes, bars and restaurants of Old Havana and the opening of 30 new points of wireless Wi-Fi network in the capital, said the representative of the state telecom company ETECSA. The project dates and prices for the use of the service will be announced in the near future. Access to broadband Internet appeared in Cuba last year alone. network use fee of $ 2 per hour is too high for most people. In addition, there is still a home broadband Internet in Cuba is officially available only to diplomats and employees of foreign companies that pay hundreds of dollars per month for use of the network.
Internet in Cuba, appeared only in 2011, the signal is fed via fiber optic cable stretched from Venezuela. The prevalence of Internet connections in Cuba to date remains one of the lowest in the Western Hemisphere. The government tightly controls the telecommunications sector, and, according to some estimates, only about 5% of the country with a population of 11.16 million people have the opportunity to go online. At the same time the vast majority of the population of the island is accessible only to the public Internet, not from home.
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