Public Wi-Fi Price Drop in Cuba

Cubans using the pay-for Wi-Fi service at a hot spot along the Malecon seawall avenue. One of the big problems in most hot spots is not having anywhere to comfortably sit or charge devices.

HAVANA TIMES – Good news today for Cubans with the ability to pay to connect to the Internet from the public Wi-Fi points around the country, Etecsa, the telecommunications monopoly, has dropped the price from 1.50 to 1.00 CUC (similar in USD) for an hour’s online time.

The company announced they will also be offering ½ hour cards for 0.50 and 5 hour cards for 5.00 CUC.

While in most of the developed and impoverished countries Wi-Fi in public parks and gathering places is a free service, in Cuba, where the average professional makes under 25 USD a month, it has been a pay-for service since its onset, originally costing 2.00 CUC for an hour.

The immediate reaction to the price drop is positive among the Internet consuming population, many with family or friends abroad that help them pay for the Wi-Fi use. It is also a plus for those who conduct any type of online business, especially artists who offer their work.

 

 

7 thoughts on “Public Wi-Fi Price Drop in Cuba”

  • If restaurants had their own Wi-Fi you could tap into it FREE while dining there like they do in the US.

  • …While the world moves on with grown-up steps….

  • Naaaaaa…..What makes you think that? 😉

  • Price has dropped from $2.50 an hour I think it was i.e. Two price drops within the year. Eden is right, baby steps but it bodes well.

  • Hey Joseph. How do you like your in-home unlimited wifi? FREE wifi at Capitalist Pig establishments? How is that working out for you?

  • Baby steps…

  • Imperialist Capitalist Pig Corporations offer in-home unlimited wifi for as little as $20/mo in the US. Actually, you are invited to just tap into existing systems at Capitalist Pig establishments for free.
    Viva Cuba “Libre” — OK, not so much….

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