On 01/09/15 10:21, Myself wrote:
Also, very important at this time are the USG democracy promotion
programs
Ah, democracy. America's deadliest export.
http://williamblum.org/books/americas-deadliest-export
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Supporting the USG for helping Cuban activists connect to the Internet and
check their emails is not ultra-right wing, it's the right thing to do.
On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 10:45 AM, Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes
alps6...@gmail.com wrote:
Myself,
I believe it is also time to Change the
Myself,
I believe it is also time to Change the ultra-right wing viewpoints when
analizing the potential ahead for Cuba. The current status quo in Cuba Re:
Telecom is not good, but neither is the Government sanctioned and
subsidized oligopoly we have here in the US!
On Jan 9, 2015 10:22 AM,
Myself,
No worries about future affordability. If telcos and tech companies
expanded their services in Cuba it would
expand competition and therefore makes those services more and more
cheaper and affordable for the people and I promise you in that situation
even nomads area can afford it.
Let's
Democracy = bad sounds ultra-leftist/communist to me. You can always move
to North Korea, Cuba or Iran if you don't like it. Democracy gives you that
choice.
PGP http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xA5BA76902CB232E3
On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 11:19 AM, J.M. Porup j...@porup.com wrote:
On 01/09/15 11:34, Myself wrote:
Democracy = bad sounds ultra-leftist/communist to me. You can always
move to North Korea, Cuba or Iran if you don't like it. Democracy gives
you that choice.
America exports democracy the way Genghis Khan exported the right to
speak Mongolian.
How did Graham
Myself truly states:
Like Leopoldo says it's very important to exert pressure to open up the
state telecom monopoly to new players. What few people realize amid the
current excitement is that this window of opportunity will not last long.
Historically, the Cuban government has negotiated with the
Yeah, I see you have a lot of innocence... Consider the alternative exports
of the super power that lost the cold war, you and your entire family could
be in a Siberian concentration camp right now just for trying to connect to
the internet you take for granted so easily.
PGP
..on Fri, Jan 09, 2015 at 11:34:02AM -0500, Myself wrote:
Democracy = bad sounds ultra-leftist/communist to me. You can always move
to North Korea, Cuba or Iran if you don't like it. Democracy gives you that
choice.
...along with the choice to judge a book by its cover. Or not.
I've heard
Like Leopoldo says it's very important to exert pressure to open up the
state telecom monopoly to new players. What few people realize amid the
current excitement is that this window of opportunity will not last long.
Historically, the Cuban government has negotiated with the USG, only to
later
Cuba is NOT AT ALL LIKE NORTH KOREA. That is an ultra-right nutjob statement
Best Regards | Cordiales Saludos | Grato,
Andrés L. Pacheco Sanfuentes
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On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 2:19 PM, J.M. Porup j...@porup.com wrote:
On 01/09/15 13:04, Myself wrote:
The only way
Ali,
I agree with you on this: encouraging telcos and tech companies
(especially from the countries that Cuban government has less sensitivity
on them) to get benefit of Obama's sanction waivers to invest and expand
services. This could be a good strategy.
However, there's a reason the Cuban
On 01/09/15 13:04, Myself wrote:
The only way to appease a bully is to fight back.
I agree! Let's give a giant, collective middle finger to Uncle Sam, now,
shall we?
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On 01/09/15 12:04, Myself wrote:
Yeah, I see you have a lot of innocence... Consider the alternative
exports of the super power that lost the cold war, you and your entire
family could be in a Siberian concentration camp right now just for
trying to connect to the internet you take for granted
This is Cuba, not Iran, Sudan or whatever, more like North Korea, just
closer to the US. There's no competition, communications are a state
monopoly called ETECSA controlled by a military commander. Regular Cubans
earn about $20 a month and the government makes sure they stay extremely
poor so
Here's a feasible approach:
http://www.shareable.net/blog/cuba-is-using-cooperatives-to-decentralize-its-economy
The technologies I mention are in use already in Cuba, although outside the
legal system and thus subject to confiscation - case in point the newsclip
about dusmantlement of an
Oh YEAH! TAYLOR SWIFT! teaching us about Freedom while basking in her
millions. OMG ROTFLMFBO
Bottom line: any single bit of additional Internet access for ANYONE is
GOOD.
Best Regards | Cordiales Saludos | Grato,
Andrés L. Pacheco Sanfuentes
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On Tue, Jan 6, 2015
Amen to that Andres Leopoldo,
Back to the original post, the fact is that with US restrictions out of the
way Internet could be in the homes of most Cubans in a matter of months if
the Cuban government lifted customs restrictions on home satellite and
wi-fi equipment. The typical excuses: the
Unfortunately, the typical elitist, leftist, caviar communists conveniently
believe that Internet is bad for you (the people), good for them. They
think they are better, smarter (they always better know what to ban/censor)
and deserve more than everyone else only to be the first in the bourgeois
On 01/08/15 10:45, Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes wrote:
Oh YEAH! TAYLOR SWIFT! teaching us about Freedom while basking in her
millions. OMG ROTFLMFBO
Um. OK. It wasn't my intention to trick you. I just figured you knew. I
mean, this is lib-tech...
Bottom line: any single bit of
Let's not do any flaming, it's so démodé...
BUT
Cuba is close to my heart, AND
there's a lot of BS going around
Let them have their itty bitty piece of the Internet and then some
Best Regards | Cordiales Saludos | Grato,
Andrés L. Pacheco Sanfuentes
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On Thu,
That's right, there's a small window of opportunity here for community
projects to develop a horizontal and free Internet for the people. There
are technologies out there that make this cheap, feasible, and reliable.
Best Regards | Cordiales Saludos | Grato,
Andrés L. Pacheco Sanfuentes
Hi,
You just mentioned that There are technologies out there that make this
cheap, feasible, and reliable.
What technologies you mean? Can you give me some examples?
Best,
Ali
On 8 January 2015 at 14:16, Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes
alps6...@gmail.com wrote:
That's right, there's a
On Jan 8, 2015, at 12:49 PM, Collin Anderson col...@averysmallbird.com
wrote:
On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 2:27 PM, Bill Woodcock wo...@pch.net wrote:
It’s called fiber.
Fiber is cheap?
Relatively. It’s sand, somewhat processed. And it carries a lot of bits.
Nothing else carries a lot
On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 2:27 PM, Bill Woodcock wo...@pch.net wrote:
It’s called fiber.
Fiber is cheap?
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On Jan 8, 2015, at 11:21 AM, S.Aliakbar Mousavi mousavi.s...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi,
You just mentioned that There are technologies out there that make this
cheap, feasible, and reliable.
What technologies you mean? Can you give me some examples?
It’s called fiber. As always, the
I'm no expert, but I've been following a few developments:
Open source mesh networking hw/sw like those featured in VillageTelco.org.
Wireless backbone hw/sw like that offered by Ubiquiti Networks
And then big ticket gorillas like Google Fiber and Eric Schmidt, who
apparently has been talking
Can't you see the bars of your cage?
https://twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/500130322810273794
On 01/05/15 19:34, Myself wrote:
You are using the Internet now. Are you a slave? Are you more equal than
others to deserve it better and decide for them?
On Jan 5, 2015 7:16 PM, J.M. Porup
On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 12:59 PM, Myself falcoco...@gmail.com wrote:
Under the new measures announced by the Obama administration in December
2014, Cuban exiles can buy and send to the island satellite Internet
equipment, Wi-Fi routers, repeaters and pay for this service for their
relatives in
As a journalist who's spent a long time covering (and living in) Latin
America, I observe that American culture--that is, *information*--is a
major tool in maintaining regional hegemony.
In other words, Hollywood and Google both belong to the Defense Department.
If I were Cuba, why would I want
Sure, but the media hype and conditions to put some pressure are happening
now. The ball is in Cuba's court.
On Jan 5, 2015 6:04 PM, Collin Anderson col...@averysmallbird.com wrote:
On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 12:59 PM, Myself falcoco...@gmail.com wrote:
Under the new measures announced by the
Hollywood and Google belong to the Defense Department, Facebook is CIA and
it's all controlled by the Illuminati and E.T., still, Cubans deserve
Internet access like everybody else. Checking my cable modem now, Batista
may be creeping up the coaxial :)
On Jan 5, 2015 6:22 PM, J.M. Porup
You are using the Internet now. Are you a slave? Are you more equal than
others to deserve it better and decide for them?
On Jan 5, 2015 7:16 PM, J.M. Porup j...@porup.com wrote:
The Cuban people deserve to be free. How did Cory Doctorow put it?
Information doesn't want to be free, people do.
The Cuban people deserve to be free. How did Cory Doctorow put it?
Information doesn't want to be free, people do.
The question is, will information free the Cuban people? Or will it
enslave them?
JMP
On 01/05/15 19:02, Myself wrote:
Hollywood and Google belong to the Defense Department,
http://www.rferl.mobi/a/why-technology-penetration-rates/24805097.html
On Mon, Jan 5, 2015, 4:34 PM Myself falcoco...@gmail.com wrote:
You are using the Internet now. Are you a slave? Are you more equal than
others to deserve it better and decide for them?
On Jan 5, 2015 7:16 PM, J.M. Porup
Under the new measures announced by the Obama administration in December
2014, Cuban exiles can buy and send to the island satellite Internet
equipment, Wi-Fi routers, repeaters and pay for this service for their
relatives in Cuba. American companies such as HughesNet provide Internet
service
Hold your horses, the Cuban government's restrictions haven't changed a
bit. This new deal has so far been one sided and overhyped. Satellite,
Wi-Fi equipment is still banned at cuban customs and just last week a Cuban
was sentenced to three years for providing satellite service. Raids on the
From: Claro Noda n...@complexperiments.net
Initiating new efforts to increase Cubans’ access to communications
and their ability to communicate freely-
Cuba has an internet penetration of about five percent—one of the
lowest rates in the world. The cost of telecommunications in Cuba is
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