HAVANA (AP) — Cut off from the Internet, young Cubans have quietly linked thousands of computers into a hidden network that stretches miles across Havana, letting them chat with friends, play games and download hit movies in a mini-replica of the online world that most can't access. Home Internet connections are banned for all but a handful of Cubans, and the government charges nearly a quarter of a month's salary for an hour online in government-run hotels and Internet centers. A small minority have covertly engineered a partial solution by pooling funds to create a private network of more than 9,000 computers with small, inexpensive but powerful hidden Wi-Fi antennas and Ethernet cables strung over streets and rooftops spanning the entire city. Cuban officials say Internet access is limited largely because the U.S.
Cuban Youth Build Secret Computer Network Despite Wi-fi Ban
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN, Associated Press, Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Business
Mon, 01/26/2015 - 6:51am
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