the cuban internet – past, present and future larry press, lpress@csudh.edulpress@csudh.edu
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32% of Caribbean international trafficMore accounts than the rest of the Caribbean combined
• CENIAI – Soviet connection• Tinored – Youth computer clubs• CIGBnet – Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology• InfoMed – National System of Health Information
Pre-Internet networking
“I have great satisfaction to announce that our beloved Cuba, our ‘caiman of the Indies,’ has been connected to the Internet … A new era has just begun for us”
Jesus Martinez, Director, CENIAI
September 9, 1996
Cuban ICT indicators
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
PCs (1,000) 377.0 430.0 509.0 630.0 700.0 724.0
PCs on the Internet (1,000) 243.3 258.0 330.0 400.0 455.0 434.4
Users of Internet services (1,000) 1,090.0 1,250.0 1,310.0 1,450.0 1,600.0 1,790.0
Internet (Web) sites (1,000) 2.5 2.9 3.4 … … …
PCs per 1,000 population 34 38 45 56 62 64
Internet users per 1,000 population 97 111 117 129 142 159
Number of names in the .cu domain 1,351 1,389 1,431 2,168 2,331 2,225
Mobile phone subscriptions (1,000) 135.5 152.7 198.3 330.0 621.2 1 003,2
Population with mobile coverage (%) 71.0 71.0 77.2 75.8 77.5 78.0
Ping times from the US
www.jovenclub.cu .634 secwww.uchile.cl .199 secwww.ford.com .079 secwww.google.com .023 secwww.ucla.edu .019 sec
CUC per hour
ETECSA Internet centers 6
Cybercafés 6-12
Hotel WiFi 8
Embassy Free
Work or school Free
Hourly rates
1 CUC = $1.08
CUC per month
10 hours, dial up Internet 15
15 hours international email and national Web 15
10 hours national email and Web 20
Selected home prices
Speed National International19.2 120 33028.8 160 47564.0 340 1,030
128.0 630 1,800144.0 680 2,020256.0 1,070 3,560512.0 2,075 6,015
1,024.0 3,930 12,5002,048.0 7,295 24,170
Dedicated Internet connections
Post Office YCC Univ. Work Hotel Home
Domestic email Y Y Y Y Y Y
International email Y N Y Y/N Y Y
Visit domestic Web pages Y Y Y Y Y Y
International access N N N N N N
Restricted international access Y N Y Y Y Y
Access restrictions
Year US $ Change1990 2,7061991 2,279 -16%1992 2,056 -10%1993 2,070 1%1994 2,620 27%1995 2,789 6%1996 2,284 -18%1997 2,307 1%1998 2,334 1%
Cuban GDP per capita
Total Clinics Hospitals Institutes
Health centers 730 498 219 13
Number of computers 12,684 8,796 3,264 624
In fundamental activities 12,684 8,796 3,264 624
With Internet access 4,291 2,600 1,236 455
In information projects 12,684 8,796 3,264 624
Number of computer using workers 133,705 74,505 53,000 6,200
With Internet access 131,805 74,505 53,000 4,300
Access from home 58,920 30,400 24,900 3,620
ICT use in the health sector
The Cuban Internet – past, present and future
Larry Press, lpress@csudh.edu
For more detail and references, see:Press, Larry, The state of the Internet in Cuba, January 2011http://som.csudh.edu/fac/lpress/cuba/chapters/lpdraft2.docx
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