Havana. January 25, 2011. Cuba is about to join the high-speed broadband era with an undersea fibre-optic cable laid from Venezuela, bringing the promise of speedy internet to one of the world's least connected countries.A specialised ship has sailed from Camuri beach, near the Venezuelan port of La Guaria, trailing the cable from buoys on the start of a 1600-kilometre journey across the Caribbean Sea.Officials hailed the project as a blow to the United States embargo on the island. It will make Cuba's connection speed 3000 times faster and modernise its economy.">Havana. January 25, 2011. Cuba is about to join the high-speed broadband era with an undersea fibre-optic cable laid from Venezuela, bringing the promise of speedy internet to one of the world's least connected countries.A specialised ship has sailed from Camuri beach, near the Venezuelan port of La Guaria, trailing the cable from buoys on the start of a 1600-kilometre journey across the Caribbean Sea.Officials hailed the project as a blow to the United States embargo on the island. It will make Cuba's connection speed 3000 times faster and modernise its economy.">

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Cuba joins net's fast lane

Havana. January 25, 2011. Cuba is about to join the high-speed broadband era with an undersea fibre-optic cable laid from Venezuela, bringing the promise of speedy internet to one of the world's least connected countries.

A specialised ship has sailed from Camuri beach, near the Venezuelan port of La Guaria, trailing the cable from buoys on the start of a 1600-kilometre journey across the Caribbean Sea.

Officials hailed the project as a blow to the United States embargo on the island. It will make Cuba's connection speed 3000 times faster and modernise its economy.

The US embargo prevented Cuba tapping into Caribbean fibre-optic cables, making it rely on a slow satellite link of just 379 megabits a second.

Source: www.theage.com.au/world/cuba-joins-nets-fast-lane-20110124-1a2tv.html

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