Cuba - internet / mobile service
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Anyone been very recently to Cuba and if so how did you get on with Internet access / mobile service?
I'm assuming that cellphone service / SMS is available in Havana and Varadero but data/3G not, and that both our hotels will have internet 'cafes' on a very slow line and possibly wifi in lobby areas etc .. but not to expect anything fast or reliable ?
I'm assuming that cellphone service / SMS is available in Havana and Varadero but data/3G not, and that both our hotels will have internet 'cafes' on a very slow line and possibly wifi in lobby areas etc .. but not to expect anything fast or reliable ?
Amazingly, in a country where practically everyone is obsessed with getting that one last CUC from the visiting tourist, I managed to get unrestricted wifi in both hotels I stayed in - free of charge.
Granted it never went above 3KB/s and >1sec ping everywhere, but it worked reliably. Cubans can't access it though; hotel 1 was done on a allocated username/password, hotel 2 just added everyone's MAC addresses to an approved list on their Netgear router ..
Mobile was good signal across Havana/Varadero and even down to the south, I received all the text messages sent to me but a few replies went walkies..
Granted it never went above 3KB/s and >1sec ping everywhere, but it worked reliably. Cubans can't access it though; hotel 1 was done on a allocated username/password, hotel 2 just added everyone's MAC addresses to an approved list on their Netgear router ..
Mobile was good signal across Havana/Varadero and even down to the south, I received all the text messages sent to me but a few replies went walkies..
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