Cubans Are Frustrated With Their Internet

AFP: Cubans left frustrated by slow and costly internet rollout

Havana (AFP) - Six months on from the euphoria that greeted full internet access for mobile phones on the communist-run island, frustrated Cubans complain it is too expensive, too slow and crippled by government censorship.

Hundreds have joined a Twitter campaign to call for affordable rates.

"We are hungry, hungry for information, hungry for online surfing, hungry for knowledge and intellectual freedom," summed up one user.

"It's not possible that the internet is a luxury in the 21st Century," said another campaigner using the hashtag #BajenLosPreciosDeInternet -- "drop internet prices" in Spanish.

Another accused state-owned telecommunications company Etecsa of spying on the population.

Etecsa "is spying on us and censoring us with full impunity."

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WNU Editor: To be connected at your home in Cuba (censorship and all) it costs about $800/month. In a country where the average salary is about $30 a month, it is all but impossible for the average person. I know tourists have options. But unless you are staying in an upscale resort, expect the same headaches that most Cubans have.