Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
The Cuban government has announced a two-month trial scheme to allow internet access in private homes.
State-run telecommunications company Etecsa will install internet in some 2,000 homes in the capital's colonial district, Old Havana.
The company has also reduced by 25% the fee charged to connect to the web, which most Cubans can only access from public wi-fi hotspots.
Cuba has one of the lowest online connectivity rates in the world.
Many Cubans hope the country's communist government will eventually expand the scheme, says the BBC's Will Grant in Havana.
Details are scarce, but the authorities say the experiment will be extended if it is approved after the two-month trial period.
Last week, Etecsa signed an agreement with Google to provide faster access to content including Gmail and YouTube.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 20 2016, @11:48AM
Facebook is the Internet! Love your Zuck.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 20 2016, @12:03PM
They have the internet on phones since a while back.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_Cuba#Circumventing_censorship [wikipedia.org]
"Bloggers such as Yoani Sánchez send text message tweets from a mobile phone.[17] Another mechanism to get tweets out is to insert a foreign SIM card into a cell phone and access the Internet through the phone.[2]"
Wow! I'm doing the same thing right now to circumvent soylent censorship! Which reminds me, you're all niggers.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 20 2016, @12:08PM
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(Score: 2) by looorg on Tuesday December 20 2016, @12:24PM
The glorious leader is going to allow 2000, hand picked, citizens to enjoy the modernity of the total surveillance society from the comfort of their own hovel. What is not to like ...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 21 2016, @02:03AM
Warning them of the perils of non-private society... then I thought 'they are communists, they probably already know what it is like, and privacy be damned.'
So we will see.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 20 2016, @12:58PM
After the trial, both of the families who could afford it rejoiced! (As did the 500 people who glommed onto their WiFi.)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 20 2016, @02:04PM
The trial offer comes as a CD mailed to you, about every three days or so.
1000 hours free! Sign on today! [smithsonianmag.com]
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday December 20 2016, @02:30PM
Attending a legal court trial remotely from home via internet, now that would be innovative.
🌻🌻🌻🌻 [google.com]
(Score: 2) by VLM on Tuesday December 20 2016, @05:05PM
Not to long ago, amateur / ham radio was limited to club stations not home use, as I remember it. I've talked to a couple guys on 6M and I didn't bring up the topic.
I would imagine if they allow the internet complete with 4chan and reddit and SN, they'll probably let home hobbyists have a morse code key.
But governments have never felt the need to be consistent, so ...