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Cuba’s Internet revolution edges forward, with limits FEATURE 02/08/2010

Monday, February 8, 2010


Cuba’s Internet revolution edges forward, with limits


FEATURE

02/08/2010

HAVANA — Yoan used to earn $25 a month working as a computer technician for a state company — and an extra $500 selling Internet access on Cuba’s vast and varied black market.
The 31-year-old managed 10 accounts for government employees who had authorized e-mail access and would rent out their passwords to trusted clients under certain rules: They could only connect at night or in the early hours, and had to avoid political references.

“I did it because I couldn’t live off my salary,” Yoan said..... MORE


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