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Internet In Cuba Essay

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My paper is about the Internet in Cuba. Cuba has really bad internet. Every day only 5% of Cubans get on and then it is still hard to do what you set out to do. Such as upload pictures, watch videos, or play games. In 2009 only 430,00 Cubans owned a mobile phone, in 2011 only 1.3 million Cubans owned a mobile phone and most of the phones were from family members in the U.S. There is a Art studio downtown that offers free internet. People and kids would be waiting hours just to be able to use the internet, because the art studio only allowed 25 people on at a time. To be able to use the internet you would have to own a device to do that. Before 2008 Cubans would have to buy a difficult to obtain government permit to own a phone or computer. Once the rule of having a government permit was legalized the percentage of computers on the island increased by 23%. To be able to buy the internet and electronics to do what you want, Cubans were allowed to open up shops. Cubans would then sell the phones for money. Since it was so hot in Cuba the computers would overheat and that's where Leyva comes in and he fixes about 4 computers a week. In 2011 John Kerry had enough of Cuba not having internet, so he went to the state department and had them do a descriptive review on it but never came back to dealing with it. Finally in 2012 30% of Cubans had access to the internet, …show more content…

Which was supposed to speed up the download speed. The operation wasn’t up and running until May 2013. Cell phones in Cuba can cost up to $200 for just a LG smartphone, but for a Blu it cost $100 and the thing is they have the same qualities. To be able to use your computer you have to give your information (name and address) to the government. If you were texting a friend or writing a paper and brought up dissent keywords they would have a pop up saying the document has been blocked and will automatically close the

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