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Cuba Getting Internet Upstream Via Venezuela

An anonymous reader writes "Seems like Cuba is working around the US internet embargo by teaming up with Venezuela: A confidential contract released yesterday on Wikileaks reveals Cuba's plan to receive internet upstream via an undersea cable to Venezuela, thus circumventing the enduring embargo of the US, denying Cuba access to nearby American undersea cables and overcoming the current limits of satellite-only connectivity. The connection, to be delivered by CVG Telecom of Venezuela, is to be completed by 2010 and will provide data, video as well as voice service for both the public and governmental services."

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  1. Kewl! Venezuela has an unsecured wifi by rcasha2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...and metal cigar tubes make great antennas

  2. Someone mod this +6. Seriously. by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    NT