Cuba's Nationwide Sneakernet: a Model For Developing Nations?

lpress writes: Cuba has little Internet infrastructure, but they have a well-organized sneaker net called El Paquete Semanal (the weekly packet). El Paquete distributes a terabyte of digital entertainment nationwide every week using portable drives. The system is reliable and the organization is said to be Cuba's largest private employer, but it is technically illegal and the content is pirated. A legitimatized Paquete would save scarce Internet resources for other applications. El Paquete is also a possible model for other developing nations. Vox has a short documentary about the system.

Comments

Re:Geography much?

[shapano]

Cuba is not a tiny island. It's about half the size of Great Britain and is the 17th largest island in the world.

Re: Or they could, you know, abandon Communism

[jblues]

According to the Human Development Index, Cuba, at 67th place is somewhat ahead of Jamaica, at 99th. Both places are ahead of where I live, though I think we're vastly ahead on the internet development index.