INCREDIBLE ! 2016-03-30 18:30 GMT+01:00 Seun Ojedeji <[log in to unmask]>: > 900USD/mo for 70mb seem to be a dream that some parts of Africa would be > glad to wake up to in reality ;-) > > Cheers! > > Sent from my LG G4 > Kindly excuse brevity and typos > On 30 Mar 2016 18:00, "Sam Lanfranco" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Google has supplied equipment for the studio of Cuban artist Alexis Leiva >> Machado (kown as "Kcho") in barrio Romerillo, in Havana. The facility is >> reported to have a 70mps link and supports free access for about 40 users, >> although users report spotty actual access. Kcho is well connected to the >> Cuban government and reputedly is paying the $US 900/mo access cost, this >> in a country where the average salary is about $20/month, and paid access >> is $2/hour. This is probably more a symbolic effort than a real opening in >> Cuba for either Cuban access or Google's presence. The Cuban phone company >> roll out of hotspots in community locations, and an eventual reduction in >> access costs are where change will take place. The University of Havana >> wi-fi effort is intended to extend (paid) access to the neighborhoods >> surrounding the multiple UofH campuses in Havana. It is hard to tell when >> cell and internet access will be open to competition as in Myanmar, since >> that is where access will explode and costs will fall. >> >> Sam L. >> >> *On 30/03/2016 10:29 AM, Joly MacFie wrote:* >> >> >> *Yesterday I* >> * browsed a bunch of YouTube vids of the Stones concert in Havana. >> Plenty of smartphones in evidence.* >> >> *j* >> >> *On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 9:44 AM, William Drake **< >> <[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>>** wrote:* >> >>> *FWIW I had lunch with Vint Cerf at Google in DC the other day and he’d >>> just returned from a week in Cuba, where Google’s been invited to play a >>> notable role in broadening out access **http://www.wsj.com/articles/google-and-obama-administration-connect-over-cuba-1458763836 >>> <http://www.wsj.com/articles/google-and-obama-administration-connect-over-cuba-1458763836>**. >>> He said the Cubans actually have some pretty decent technology in place >>> already, much of it Chinese but also some home grown stuff. So they’re >>> playing off companies from different countries against each other for >>> contracts, kind of the new nonaligned movement.* >>> >>> * I suspect many US companies expecting to cut deals quickly will >>> disappointed, as there’s growing reports of the government imposing delays >>> and backtracking on agreements as part of an effort to push US businesses >>> into the ‘end the embargo’ camp in US congressional politics. Not a >>> surprising strategy, hope it works. US businesses, especially the tech >>> sector, have become an important force in stopping discriminatory state >>> policies, maybe they’ll emerge as the key here as well.* >>> >>> * Bill* >>> >> >> -- *Olévié Ayaovi Agbenyo KOUAMI* *Directeur-Adjoint de O and K IT SOLUTIONS sarl Editeur de logiciels de gestion (PGI/ERP) S.I.G.E. (http://www.oandkit.com <http://www.oandkit.com>)* *Président/CEO de l'INTIC4DEV (Institut des TIC pour le développement) http://www.intic4dev.org <http://www.intic4dev.org> * *Secrétaire Général de l'ESTETIC - Association Togolaise des professionnels des TIC (http://www.estetic.tg <http://www.estetic.tg>)* *ICANN-GNSO-NCSG-NPOC Communications Committee Chair (http://www.npoc.org/ <http://www.npoc.org/>)**ICANN - Fellow & Alumni (http://www.icann.org <http://www.icann.org>) - Membre de Internet Society (http://www.isoc.org <http://www.isoc.org>) * *Membre fondateur du RIK-Togo (Réseau Interprofessionnel du Karité au Togo)* (http://www.globalshea.com) - *Skype : olevie1 FaceBook : @olivier.kouami.3 Twitter : #oleviek Lomé – Togo*