[freenet-chat] Internet Censorship in Cuba

[RKent20551 at cs.com]

Access to the World Wide Web is restricted in Cuba, and Internet surfing is 
only permitted for dollar-paying foreign tourists and a few Cubans considered 
trustworthy by the government. It is also illegal for Cubans to own a computer 
without a government license.

One explanation given for this situation by the Cuban government is that the 
U.S. refuses to allow Cuba access to fiber optic cables, and that Cuba must 
resort to expensive satellite links to access the World Wide Web.

Can anyone give advice as to the accuracy of this argument? For example, are 
there alternative points of access to fiber optic cables for Cuba, and how 
much more expensive are fiber optic cable links as opposed to satellite links?

Advice would be appreciated.

Thank you,

Robert Kent 
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