Internet Access in Cuba

Paying more than 700 pesos an hour to work: private coworking spaces are multiplying in Havana as a refuge from power outages

ETECSA claims that "the commitment does not stop," and Cubans respond: "Scammers, where are the dollars?"

Gina Cabrera's son reports poor service from ETECSA after more than two months without a landline and Nauta Hogar

"We are a tribe": Chequera portrays life in his neighborhood, without electricity, without Internet, and cooking with firewood

Cubans sentenced to between 4 and 5 years in prison for selling Starlink antennas in Santa Clara

Cuba regresses in internet freedom: Freedom House gives it 19 out of 100 points

Power outages cause new disruptions to telecommunications in several municipalities of Havana

Internet instability returns to Contramaestre while Etecsa remains silent about the causes

Lázaro Bruzón asserts that access to the Internet has eliminated all excuses for defending the Cuban dictatorship

Ulises Toirac on ETECSA's service: "A scam at gunpoint."

Cuba enables the request for criminal records through the digital platform Soberanía

The Cuban regime boasts in Russia of "digital sovereignty" while power outages leave the population without internet

Thieves steal the cables from a 4G antenna, leaving a neighborhood in Holguín nearly without connectivity

"What kind of scam is this if there's never a connection?": Cubans React to ETECSA's Promotion

Cubana issues an SOS for San Miguel de los Baños, reporting over a month without electricity or communications

ETECSA attributes the limitations in expanding its network to power outages

Blackouts put telecommunications in Cuba on the ropes

Without power and signal: up to 150 Etecsa towers are out of service every day in Santiago de Cuba

They report the theft of solar panels from ETECSA in Santiago de Cuba, affecting nearly 900 users

DeSantis reveals that the company that would bring internet to Cuba during the 11J backed down after federal warning

Cuban mother in the U.S. reports on the lack of communication in Cuba: "How do I tell my heart that I can't know about my son?"

Thieves steal ETECSA's antenna in Camagüey and the robber leaves a special "gift."

ETECSA announces a new WiFi zone in Cuba, and they respond: "By 2080, there will be coverage across the entire island."

A Cuban complains about ETECSA's mobile data connection: "We pay for a service that cannot be used."

Cuban erupts against ETECSA in open letter: "This resembles a deliberate theft"

The importance of communications in the defense of Cuba's freedom

The crisis of the model and the awakening of civil society in Cuba

"Now they really got it": Cubans lash out at ETECSA over false earthquake alarm

ETECSA takes responsibility for the false earthquake alert sent to mobile phones in Cuba

Enrique Arango warns after false earthquake alert: "When the alarm is real, they won’t believe it anymore."

A Cuban requests a survival reality show to copy onto a USB, and the scene erupts in laughter

Why was there a seismic alert in Cuba if no earthquake occurred?

ETECSA informs about fiber optic cable cut and disruptions in Nauta

The U.S. launches a major initiative for submarine cables in the Caribbean and Central America: Cuba is left out

Ulises Toirac criticizes ETECSA: demands to invest profits or open the doors to Starlink

"The connection is impossible, it doesn't work": Cubans express outrage with ETECSA over failure following widespread blackout

The mobile network also goes down in Cuba: ETECSA reports more outages due to lack of electrical backup

Cubans report internet outages amid a rising wave of protests and social unrest on the island

Cuba opens ETECSA's data centers to foreign investment and will focus on artificial intelligence

ETECSA workers: "The goal is to always meet the needs of our customers."

Two weeks later, Etecsa still hasn't found a ladder to repair a breakdown in Camagüey

Laritza Camacho lashes out at ETECSA: "Don't charge for a service you don't provide."

A Software Development Group is created in Camagüey, while Cuba continues to struggle with almost no electricity or connectivity

Etecsa boasts an international award amid dissatisfaction over rates and connectivity in Cuba

Toirac asks where the money from ETECSA's rate hike is: "The data blackout is greater than the power outage."

Cuban regime denies alleged restriction on access to mobile internet

ETECSA presents books to educate on communications, while isolating the Cuban people

A year after the rate hike, Etecsa is raking in millions while Cubans continue to face increasingly worse connectivity

The regime enables online payment and digital passport applications in Cuba

"And what about the dollars for improvement? Cuban questions Etecsa about poor service in Madruga."

Cuba accepts multimillion-dollar aid from the U.S., but remains silent about uncensored internet with Starlink

Massive internet outage in Havana amid protests against power cuts

The U.S. offered free satellite internet to Cuba, and the regime rejected it

Cuban woman in the U.S. reports that she learned of her grandmother's death hours later due to a lack of Internet in Cuba

Cubans agree that the lack of civil and political liberties is one of the main problems on the island

Cimex S.A. warns internet users about a scam related to fuel sales

Cuban regime admits that Starlink creates an "uncontrollable" network on the island

"Cubans are going to break records": Former FIU rector sees unstoppable potential if Cuba opens up to technology

Cuba experiences a general decline in internet with speeds below 2 Mbps

Putin tightens digital control in Russia while Cuba consolidates its own censorship model