I've written posts about the
wired and
wireless neighborhood local area networks that have sprung up around Cuba. They are used for file exchange, game playing and discussion -- but no political discussion.
I came a across a
Voice of America video with interviews of a couple of the users (perhaps system administrators -- they did not say). Here are a couple of stills from the video:
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| Building junction point |
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| Cables run across roof tops and between buildings |
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| Does anyone recognize this switch? |
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| Everybody knows that we are being watched ... |
The video reminded me of the way people in rural India used to share cable TV:
It also reminded me of Cuba's necessity-driven
hacker/maker culture:
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| http://www.rikimbili.com/ |
Computer programmer is one of the jobs the Cuban government
has designated as eligible for self-employment -- let's hope for innovation from these hackers and I hope ETECSA is hiring them for their networking skills.
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Also see:
http://laredcubana.blogspot.com/2014/08/a-report-of-cabled-local-area-networks.html
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