Cuba has activated an underwater cable that could alter the nation’s Internet landscape — but its impact would be greater if the cable were turned on all the way. The long-awaited cable reportedly is only facilitating incoming — not outgoing — Web traffic. Announced in 2007, the cable was slated to open in 2009 and was touted as a way to link “Cuba directly to the global Internet,” according to Renesys. The cable wasn’t live until Monday, however, when the monitoring firm began detecting traffic traveling along the connection.
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The Web Flows Into Cuba but Nothing Flows Out
Posted by: David Vranicar January 22, 2013 09:48 AMCuba has activated an underwater cable that could alter the nation’s Internet landscape — but its impact would be greater if the cable were turned on all the way. The long-awaited cable reportedly is only facilitating incoming — not outgoing — Web traffic. Announced in 2007, the cable was slated to open in 2009 and was touted as a way to link “Cuba directly to the global Internet,” according to Renesys. The cable wasn’t live until Monday, however, when the monitoring firm began detecting traffic traveling along the connection.