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Cuba Lifts Ban on Home Computers

ianare writes "The first legalized home computers have gone on sale in Cuba, the latest in a series of restrictions on daily life which President Raul Castro has lifted in recent weeks. The desktop computers cost almost $800, in a country where the average wage is under $20 a month, but some Cubans do have access to extra income. Internet access remains restricted to certain workplaces, schools and universities on the island which the government claims is due to low bandwidth availability. Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is laying a new cable under the Caribbean, but it remains unclear whether once the connection is completed, the authorities will allow unrestricted access to the internet."

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  1. Re:This is not news... by OeLeWaPpErKe · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "Persian or Afghani" ? You mean indo-European ? Those are countries, not ethnic groups. You cannot recognize an Afghan from a Dutch, except for language and predisposition to blowing himself up (oh sorry it's called "religion")

  2. Re:Offer them free I2/NLR connectivity! by Just+Another+Poster · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yeah, those socialist nut jobs at the World Health Organization

    Exactly.

  3. Re:This is not news... by ncc74656 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    There is a lot of hardship and death in your future. Fortunately.

    Die in a fire, you communist cocksucker...and may whoever modded your bilge insightful do the same.

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    20 January 2017: the End of an Error.