calin on Sun, 11 Jan 2004 16:53:36 +0100 (CET) |
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Re: <nettime> Cuba Tightens Its Control Over Internet |
Although the information points at a reality foreseeable from the very beginning of the internet "free" access outburst - the possibility to efficiently control the net through its infrastructural components - I see a loophole in the dark Cuban scenario, mentioned in the sentence bellow. Any idea how those "cards" can be purchased and what typew of birocratic control does that imply? > E-net, the Internet service of the Cuban telephone > company Etecsa > > E-net customers who do not have the dollar phone > service can keep accessing the Internet with the > ordinary phone service with special cards sold at > Etecsa offices, the letter says. # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net