La Havana and Wi-Fi.
#1
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Join Date: Jan 2019
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La Havana and Wi-Fi.
Guys
where are or are there internet cafes or general Wi-Fi access in and around Havana.
we are travelling from our home in Tenerife to Havana to pick up the cruise ship msc opera. So in all will be spending around 5 days there.
havent been to Cuba for nearly 30 years so looking forward to seeing how its progressed
hints and tips other than Wi-Fi most welcome too.
richard
where are or are there internet cafes or general Wi-Fi access in and around Havana.
we are travelling from our home in Tenerife to Havana to pick up the cruise ship msc opera. So in all will be spending around 5 days there.
havent been to Cuba for nearly 30 years so looking forward to seeing how its progressed
hints and tips other than Wi-Fi most welcome too.
richard
#2
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Southern California
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Guys
where are or are there internet cafes or general Wi-Fi access in and around Havana.
we are travelling from our home in Tenerife to Havana to pick up the cruise ship msc opera. So in all will be spending around 5 days there.
havent been to Cuba for nearly 30 years so looking forward to seeing how its progressed
hints and tips other than Wi-Fi most welcome too.
richard
where are or are there internet cafes or general Wi-Fi access in and around Havana.
we are travelling from our home in Tenerife to Havana to pick up the cruise ship msc opera. So in all will be spending around 5 days there.
havent been to Cuba for nearly 30 years so looking forward to seeing how its progressed
hints and tips other than Wi-Fi most welcome too.
richard
#4
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 1,667
You can tell where the Wifi hotspots are (other than in hotel lobbies). You will see lots of Cubans leaning against walls or standing in the street, looking at their phones.
Very recently, the system was upgraded and more people, including casa owners, may have begun to have Wifi at home.
Very recently, the system was upgraded and more people, including casa owners, may have begun to have Wifi at home.
#5
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Join Date: Jan 2019
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You can tell where the Wifi hotspots are (other than in hotel lobbies). You will see lots of Cubans leaning against walls or standing in the street, looking at their phones.
Very recently, the system was upgraded and more people, including casa owners, may have begun to have Wifi at home.
Very recently, the system was upgraded and more people, including casa owners, may have begun to have Wifi at home.
#7
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Join Date: Jan 2019
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I understand what you're saying and no doubt I'll be frustrated as much as the next person. Heyho. :-)
#9
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You can tell where the Wifi hotspots are (other than in hotel lobbies). You will see lots of Cubans leaning against walls or standing in the street, looking at their phones.
Very recently, the system was upgraded and more people, including casa owners, may have begun to have Wifi at home.
Very recently, the system was upgraded and more people, including casa owners, may have begun to have Wifi at home.
#10
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When I go to Cuba (several times a year) I completely give up using my phone or any other device. Occassionally I would go somewhere to get connected to jus check on email and communicate with family back home. Of course, there are ways and places to connect, but don't count on them. You will also get to enjoy this forced incommunication.
#12
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While some restaurants and casa particulars will say they offer wi-fi, what they mean is they have a router and a connection. They will provide you the router access password but you will need to purchase the Etecsa (Cuban internet company) wi-fi access card which gives you 1 hour of use. Oddly, I found it impossible to logoff on the Etecsa if you do not plan to use the full 60 minutes. At all of our accommodations, the host asked me to let them know whn I wanted to log off as they would shut off the router. A few times, I ended up wasting 15 or 20 minutes of wifi access time but then again, we're only taking about 25 to 40 cents.
Last edited by MileageAddict; Feb 21, 19 at 7:03 pm
#14
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 213
At&T, Verizon, Sprint, and TMO all work in Cuba, but the rate per MB. is around $2, which comes out to around $2000 for 1 Gigabyte.
There is an alternative albeit expensive still for some people at around $175 per Gigabyte.
https://www.cellomobile.com/hotspot-rental/cuba.html
There is an alternative albeit expensive still for some people at around $175 per Gigabyte.
https://www.cellomobile.com/hotspot-rental/cuba.html
#15
Join Date: Apr 2015
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Guys
where are or are there internet cafes or general Wi-Fi access in and around Havana.
we are travelling from our home in Tenerife to Havana to pick up the cruise ship msc opera. So in all will be spending around 5 days there.
havent been to Cuba for nearly 30 years so looking forward to seeing how its progressed
hints and tips other than Wi-Fi most welcome too.
richard
where are or are there internet cafes or general Wi-Fi access in and around Havana.
we are travelling from our home in Tenerife to Havana to pick up the cruise ship msc opera. So in all will be spending around 5 days there.
havent been to Cuba for nearly 30 years so looking forward to seeing how its progressed
hints and tips other than Wi-Fi most welcome too.
richard
Other hints? Have a meal at the restaurant Chacon 162, at that address in Habana Vieja. Excellent food and service, and wonderful ambiance with outdoor seating in a pedestrian street. Visit the Taller de Grafica, adjacent to the Cathedral plaza, founded by Che; watch the master printers create art using hand-operated machines from the 1700s. Have a drink and enjoy the view at the rooftop bar/restaurant of the Ambos Mundos hotel, and visit the room on the fifth floor where Hemingway lived and wrote for a time and which is preserved just as he left it.