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Latin America

joshcryer

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14. If not it must be a really archaic system.

Reply to Mika (Reply #13)

Wed Jan 23, 2013, 09:51 PM

Jan 2013

PPP or something like that. It should still use IP and DHCP as a base since the software already exists for that and Cuba does use open source. Both are pluggable to the internet at large, though reliability might be an issue if it's PPP over crappy serial connections.

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The fiber optic cable will not change Cuba's Internet overnight [View all] flamingdem Jan 2013 OP

I'd say rebuilding Santiago de Cuba and other towns dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #1

Not that I disagree.... physioex Jan 2013 #2

Accelerating change to what? Mika Jan 2013 #4

I don't know what to tell you..... physioex Jan 2013 #5

Not for profit??? Ha! Mika Jan 2013 #6

Credit markets, WTF? physioex Jan 2013 #7

The picture that Dipsydoodle posted was 1 day after Hurricane Sandy Mika Jan 2013 #11

Don't embarass yourself, please. Geez. n/t Judi Lynn Jan 2013 #12

OK, naaman fletcher Jan 2013 #10

Yep, Operation Cyber-Mambi. The Cuban government wanted workers to blog. joshcryer Jan 2013 #9

What a useful article. Makes comlete sense, clearly. Judi Lynn Jan 2013 #3

Except, according to latest reports, they opened it up in a third mode. joshcryer Jan 2013 #8

I wish Billy Burnett were here. He has worked on Cuba's infranet. Mika Jan 2013 #13

If not it must be a really archaic system. joshcryer Jan 2013 #14