When the undersea cable is lit, Cuban connectivity to the outside world will improve dramatically, but we know nothing about plans for complementary improvements in the domestic infrastructure -- equipment or people -- needed to take advantage of the added external capacity.
In a
comment on an earlier post asking about such plans, "Muchas Gracias" points us to a November 2003
presentation on Cuban telecommunications by the executive president of ETECSA, José Antonio Fernández Martínez.
The presentation reviews ETECSA investment, telephony, and the Internet. For me, the highlight of the presentation were two slides showing the fiber and microwave backbones. These are eight years old, and, except for Havana, say nothing about local fiber, but they are the best we have at present.
