HAVANA: Cuba will expand limited public access to the Internet next month by opening up another 118 places where people on this communist-run island can surf the Web for a fee, authorities said yesterday.
Set to start on June 4, the extension takes advantage of an undersea fibre-optic cable from Venezuela and will gradually be rolled out further — but not to homes, according to a Communications Ministry resolution published in the Official Gazette and local media.
Members of the public will be able to access the Web for $4.5 an hour, down from the current $6 an hour, or check their email for an unchanged $1.50. There are more than 200 public Internet rooms in hotels on the island.
AFP
