The difference is not in the content, but the organization -- these guys reliably deliver a terabyte of new material once a week -- never miss an episode of your favoiite TV shows or a newly released movie.
This study was done last spring, when significant amounts of Cuban international traffic were routed over satellite, but in July nearly all international traffic moved to the undersea cable, significantly improving performance. Furthermore, the study used the only RIPE Atlas probe in Cuba, so may not have been representative of the entire island at that time. For details on the transition in July and the situation today, see http://laredcubana.blogspot.com/2015/11/before-and-after-cubas-shift-to-alba-1.html.
I would gladly buy a new e-reader if it offered significantly improved capability like improving note taking and annotation by using speech and speech recognitioin and integrating the notes and annotations with my laptop.
Then the common people will see Chinese companies and workers building infrastructure for their benefit, generating goodwill.
The Chinese role in Cuba has been different than in Africa, where Chinese companies and Chinese workers build roads, etc. The Chinese were involved in financing and installing Cuba's udersea cable, but on the island China has been an equipment vendor with Cubans installing and running the networks.
I wouldn't be surprised to learn the details of this successful "bid" may include 100% financing by China, probably at low interest, so Cuba don't have to pay a dime upfront.
China has at times had problems collecting Cuban debt. (See the Wikileak quote in the post; however, it has been reported that they lent the money for the undersea cable then participated in its installation. That does sound like the US -- give or loan money to be used to purchase products from US companies. A sweet deal for the US companies.
That's more likely what they're doing. Seeing how far they can expand the Fi network.
In what sense does this let them expand the Fi network? Maybe they could do a deal with an ISP like Comcast to let them do public facing access over home routers (http://cis471.blogspot.com/2014/03/isp-competition-testing-time-warner.html), but why would an ISP go for that?
That is true for the US and a lot of other places, but Cuba has very little IP connectivity today so their 2G phones are still useful. In my post, I was suggesting that in perhaps five years they would be able to ditch their 2G phones and not bother with obsolete phones beyond that. Check the graph in my post for confirmation of your contention that "phones" are obsolete.
Let's be honest, US has only brought Cuba back in to the peace because of the current geo-political situation.
I disagree that it is the only reason, but think that fear of the growing influence of China in Cuba and Latin America is a motivating factor. (The State Department denies this by the way).
My concern with LTE is that Cuba is a poor country and, in order to install ubiquitous LTE, they would need a lot of foreign investment in return for control and profits to the investor. I am not a big fan of, say, Verizon or Orange. By 2020, the Cuban economy will be in better shape, there will be newer technology and the US embargo will probably be history. Can they get by with expanded WiFi for mobile access and their current 2G phone system until then? Also, it is not clear that with the current government and economy that they could find an investor.
Few Cubans can afford to use the Internet cafes or attend universities or have accounts through their jobs. The cell phones are not like those in Asia -- they are 2G.
They still have some international satellite connectivity in addition to the undersea cable, but the real need is not for international connectivity but domestic access. In the short run, satellite and terrestrial wireless could make a big difference at low cost if the Cuban government were willing.
At that high level, the line between corporations and the government becomes blurry, no matter which country you live in. Just look at Standard Oil, Boeing, Halliburton... The list goes on.
For sure, but are there differences in degree? For example, in Chinese dominated Singapore, the government is an explicit shareholder. I wonder if anyone has done a study of explicit ownership of stock by US companies --- e. g., does Haliburton own stock in Standard Oil?
You missed my point -- I was wondering if a US company is and sees itself as more isolated and independent of others than a typical Chinese company -- wondering about cultural differences, not about the Cayman Island structure of the offering.
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A terabyte, according to RIAA estimates, is about $2.7million which is about 16 years of Cuba's total GNP
Can you give me a link to the source of that estimate?
Today, the MP.RIAA is getting $0 from Cuba. My guess is that they would be willing to negotiate for something greater than 0.
A sneakernet is appropriate technology for a poor nation with lots of un and underemployment.
The difference is not in the content, but the organization -- these guys reliably deliver a terabyte of new material once a week -- never miss an episode of your favoiite TV shows or a newly released movie.
Cuba has moved nearly all international traffic to the undersea cable since the data for this study was collected.
This study was done last spring, when significant amounts of Cuban international traffic were routed over satellite, but in July nearly all international traffic moved to the undersea cable, significantly improving performance. Furthermore, the study used the only RIPE Atlas probe in Cuba, so may not have been representative of the entire island at that time. For details on the transition in July and the situation today, see http://laredcubana.blogspot.com/2015/11/before-and-after-cubas-shift-to-alba-1.html.
I would gladly buy a new e-reader if it offered significantly improved capability like improving note taking and annotation by using speech and speech recognitioin and integrating the notes and annotations with my laptop.
The crapiest, most cluttered Web site I have ever seen is that of The Hindo, an Indian news site. Does anyone know a worse example?
Is when the average Cuban has better bandwidth than the average US Citizen because they actually decided to build infrastructure
That will take a while -- Cuba is one of the least connected countries in the world and they are making a big deal of making slow DSL "available" to half their homes by 2020.
That being said, there are good reasons for them to remain independent -- I wouldn't wish Comcast or TWC on anyone.
Then the common people will see Chinese companies and workers building infrastructure for their benefit, generating goodwill.
The Chinese role in Cuba has been different than in Africa, where Chinese companies and Chinese workers build roads, etc. The Chinese were involved in financing and installing Cuba's udersea cable, but on the island China has been an equipment vendor with Cubans installing and running the networks.
I wouldn't be surprised to learn the details of this successful "bid" may include 100% financing by China, probably at low interest, so Cuba don't have to pay a dime upfront.
China has at times had problems collecting Cuban debt. (See the Wikileak quote in the post; however, it has been reported that they lent the money for the undersea cable then participated in its installation. That does sound like the US -- give or loan money to be used to purchase products from US companies. A sweet deal for the US companies.
That's more likely what they're doing. Seeing how far they can expand the Fi network.
In what sense does this let them expand the Fi network? Maybe they could do a deal with an ISP like Comcast to let them do public facing access over home routers (http://cis471.blogspot.com/2014/03/isp-competition-testing-time-warner.html), but why would an ISP go for that?
That is true for the US and a lot of other places, but Cuba has very little IP connectivity today so their 2G phones are still useful. In my post, I was suggesting that in perhaps five years they would be able to ditch their 2G phones and not bother with obsolete phones beyond that. Check the graph in my post for confirmation of your contention that "phones" are obsolete.
Let's be honest, US has only brought Cuba back in to the peace because of the current geo-political situation.
I disagree that it is the only reason, but think that fear of the growing influence of China in Cuba and Latin America is a motivating factor. (The State Department denies this by the way).
My concern with LTE is that Cuba is a poor country and, in order to install ubiquitous LTE, they would need a lot of foreign investment in return for control and profits to the investor. I am not a big fan of, say, Verizon or Orange. By 2020, the Cuban economy will be in better shape, there will be newer technology and the US embargo will probably be history. Can they get by with expanded WiFi for mobile access and their current 2G phone system until then? Also, it is not clear that with the current government and economy that they could find an investor.
"old fart"? You are an arrogant fool.
Cuba could leapfrog technology, but policy is more important than technology: See: http://laredcubana.blogspot.co... See: http://laredcubana.blogspot.co...
Few Cubans can afford to use the Internet cafes or attend universities or have accounts through their jobs. The cell phones are not like those in Asia -- they are 2G.
They still have some international satellite connectivity in addition to the undersea cable, but the real need is not for international connectivity but domestic access. In the short run, satellite and terrestrial wireless could make a big difference at low cost if the Cuban government were willing.
At that high level, the line between corporations and the government becomes blurry, no matter which country you live in. Just look at Standard Oil, Boeing, Halliburton... The list goes on.
For sure, but are there differences in degree? For example, in Chinese dominated Singapore, the government is an explicit shareholder. I wonder if anyone has done a study of explicit ownership of stock by US companies --- e. g., does Haliburton own stock in Standard Oil?
The post discusses the nature of Chinese corporations, not the structure of this particular stock deal.
It's not the same thing as share of Apple at all.
The post discusses the nature of Chinese corporations, not the structure of this particular stock deal.
I agree. Asking the question indicates ignorance of this arrangement.
I am asking about the nature of Chinese corporations, not the structure of this stock deal.
You missed my point -- I was wondering if a US company is and sees itself as more isolated and independent of others than a typical Chinese company -- wondering about cultural differences, not about the Cayman Island structure of the offering.
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