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A few years ago, I read that cuba had like 250 MBPS for the entire island. A cuban guy told me that dial up was as expensive as a cheap appartment. (I dont know if their band has broadened, because Venezuela said publicly that they would connect a cable to them, but never heard of it actually happening).

Considering the extremely little bandwidth they have, a homebrew wireless 'cable' from Florida or Mexico would be a game changer for Cuba.




Venezuela's Alba-1 has been operational since 2013.

http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/25/cuba-confirms-alba-1-fibe...


Thanks for the clarification jpatokal. Also, the guardians article from corin_ http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/09/netflix-launche... solved my doubts.




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