Google, Cuba Sign Deal Allowing Faster Access To Company's Data (go.com)

Google has signed a deal with the Cuban government on Monday that will grant internet users in the Communist-run country quicker access to its branded content. Google plans to install servers on the island that will store a majority of its most popular content. ABC News reports: Storing Google data in Cuba eliminates the long distances that signals must travel from the island through Venezuela to the nearest Google server. More than a half century after cutting virtually all economic ties with Cuba, the U.S. has no direct data link to the island. The deal announced Monday removes one of the many obstacles to a normal internet in Cuba, which suffers from some of the world's most limited and expensive access. Home connections remain illegal for most Cubans and the government charges the equivalent of a month's average salary for 10 hours of access to public WiFi spots with speeds frequently too slow to download files or watch streaming video. The deal does not affect Cuba's antiquated communications infrastructure or broaden public access to the internet, but it could make Google websites like YouTube or Gmail up to 10 times faster for users inside Cuba. Content hosted by other companies will not be affected.

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OK if the Democrats do it

[Okian Warrior]

Trump is selling "Inauguration membership cards" from his official presidencial campaign. With this video popping up December 9th.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Has he divested his foreign businesses yet like he promised? No? Has he closed his offshore accounts yet? No. Has he put his US business into a blind trust yet? No.

But you can be sure he has a big press outrage thing planned to draw attention away from his own expired deadline to do this.

Meanwhile in Democrat-land, senator Harry Reid apparently took a $2 million bribe from online poker companies to enact online poker legislation.

An investigation was started, but was "stymied" by the federal government, frustrating prosecutors who actually wanted to investigate and prosecute corruption.

Senator Reid (Democrat, Nevada) apparently owns, or is searchlight holdings, a holding company in the Marshall Islands.

Democrats are quick to point out how Trump should divest himself from everything he owns, which are above-board in-country real estate holdings.

But a Democratic senator owning a holding company in the Marshall Islands is OK. Right?

Is that what you're saying?

Who cares?

[SuperKendall]

I'm sure Trump will divest but honestly who cares?

The reason so much of America hired him is because he is a businessman, not a politician. The fact that he has so many company assets to divest shows that all of the people saying Trump was not very successful were obviously lying.

At least Trumps conflicts of interest are all public, unlike the rest of DC who hides financial ties under several layers and family connections. I would be fine with Trump keeping stake in his companies and simply disclosing when any proposals he makes may benefit him.