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2004-07-20 Home Front: WoT

Canadian arm of Heinz-Kerry electronic octopus hooked Cuba up to Worldwide Net

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Posted by tipper 2004-07-20 09:52|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "The Toronto-based Web/Nirv, Canadian affiliate of the Institute for Global Communications (IGC) and its offshoot the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), used a 64 KBPS undersea cable IP link from Havana to Sprint in the United States, linking Cubans to the Information Highway."

So the entire nation of Cuba is linked to the Internet through a single connection that has about 1/10th the bandwidth of my home cable modem hookup?

Wow, the wonders that modern socialism can achieve...

Posted by Dave D. 2004-07-20 11:45:34 AM|| 2004-07-20 11:45:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Castro has to get his porn from somewhere.....

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-07-20 11:48:41 AM|| 2004-07-20 11:48:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 One link, easy to watch.

Double-plus ungood.

Posted by mojo 2004-07-20 12:29:14 PM|| 2004-07-20 12:29:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Hmmm a server in Havana with much of the hard drive taken up with loving photo montages of all the accomplishments of Fidel in *ahem* Utopia.

The URL is probably something like: www.fidel.cu
Although it might not work from here in the US. . . .

Posted by BigEd 2004-07-20 1:22:22 PM|| 2004-07-20 1:22:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 No surprise: Teresa is funding Cuba. I'm sure she'll be grilled hard about it when NYT and Boston Globe ask probing questions. No problem, there

No surprise: Canadian Lefty NGO's are helping out Cuba. I'm sure they'll be grilled hard by Canadian press.

Surprise: Cuban tax law is based on Canada's system. Can somebody please explain? What is Fidel's capital gains tax rate? Is his mortgage deductible? Do Revenue Canadienne tax consultants get paid in hard currency or 16 year olds?

Posted by Michael 2004-07-20 1:37:20 PM|| 2004-07-20 1:37:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Do Revenue Canadienne tax consultants get paid in hard currency or 16 year olds?

I see you've been to Cuba....

Posted by Secret Master 2004-07-20 2:42:04 PM|| 2004-07-20 2:42:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 undersea cable IP link from Havana to Sprint in the United States

Oh...I see the sanctions have been lifted.

Posted by Rafael 2004-07-20 3:34:41 PM|| 2004-07-20 3:34:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 "Heinz-Kerry electronic octopus"

Ye gods! It must've cost a fortune to build one of those. 'Course, she can afford it.

Posted by Mike 2004-07-20 4:38:07 PM|| 2004-07-20 4:38:07 PM|| Front Page Top

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