Castro hates the internet, so Cubans created their own

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  • Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
  • A few years ago some computer gamers based in Havana strung a small web of ethernet cables, from house to house, so they could play video games together. The network has grown quietly and today its called StreetNet: a bootleg internet for Havana with over 10,000 users. It was an innovation forged by necessity in a country where only 5 percent of the citizens have access to the uncensored internet. Watch the why Cuba's internet is stuck in 1995.
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    Cuba has some of the worst internet access in the world, with just 5 percent of Cubans able to access the uncensored web.
    Since the communist revolution of 1959, the Castro regime has enforced a strict ban on all forms of information flow that challenge official policy and history. Enforcing such censorship has been relatively easy for an island nation that has a monopoly over all media outlets. But when the internet arrived in the '90s, it complicated matters for the Castro's.
    As Cubans get a taste for the wonder that is the internet, they want more. As internal pressure grows, the Cuban regime will likely continue to find creative ways to offer the internet without losing control of the flow of information. The opening of Cuba to foreign investment and travel will only speed up the process.
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Комментарии • 2,7 тыс.

  • @aeonbollig666
    @aeonbollig666 6 лет назад +4902

    This is literally gamers rising up

  • @mr.potatoeshead5317
    @mr.potatoeshead5317 5 лет назад +2589

    Bro, 300+ LAN party. WTF

    • @rooneye
      @rooneye 4 года назад +10

      @Keshiro Ikigai Does LAN affect wifi?

    • @beedslolkuntus2070
      @beedslolkuntus2070 4 года назад +50

      R69NiX
      They obviously use proper networking gear to still make your own wifi.... for your own house. It isn't simple as connecting all routers with a lan cable really

    • @xn8970
      @xn8970 4 года назад +17

      0 ping 😎

    • @joser.7586
      @joser.7586 4 года назад

      i am used to it xd

    • @beedslolkuntus2070
      @beedslolkuntus2070 4 года назад +2

      Xavier N
      Very near to this infact. I really doubt their hardware would be as reliable as Google or Microsoft etc...

  • @CesarMartinez-wi7wc
    @CesarMartinez-wi7wc 4 года назад +1585

    Gamers in Cuba creating their own internet : playable ping
    Me paying $100 : Teleporting all over the map

  • @4pm__
    @4pm__ 5 лет назад +1433

    Imagine paying $2-$4 to just watch spongebob memes

    • @zuubu
      @zuubu 5 лет назад +85

      100% worth it

    • @CyaneousSnake
      @CyaneousSnake 5 лет назад +48

      When an average days pay is less than $2

    • @zuubu
      @zuubu 5 лет назад +5

      @@CyaneousSnake are you cuban?

    • @mivuz
      @mivuz 5 лет назад +10

      Most people in the world pay more than that for their internet fee

    • @RyanDutchak
      @RyanDutchak 4 года назад +5

      Submarino Albino my mother is very good friends with Cubans. She’s been there like 14 times in 10 years. They make 35$ a month.

  • @weaselix3254
    @weaselix3254 5 лет назад +713

    Those Cuban gamers have 200 IQ

  • @honeydew1
    @honeydew1 8 лет назад +2738

    thats fucking amazing that they host/made their own internet. truu heroes

    • @BeastinlosersHD
      @BeastinlosersHD 8 лет назад +100

      True but its not like Cubans have access to lots of equipment.

    • @bacura101
      @bacura101 8 лет назад +49

      You actually don't even need coding experience or switches, you just connect a bunch of routers to eachother and bridge a network. Done.

    • @motor5737
      @motor5737 7 лет назад +1

      honeydew
      Tru that

    • @vurpo7080
      @vurpo7080 7 лет назад +14

      Entity51 That's what the internet is too. it's just a lot of computers, connected together using cables.

    • @evanherrera7182
      @evanherrera7182 7 лет назад

      are you stupid watch the vid again and plug it in ...think for once

  • @mechadonia
    @mechadonia 8 лет назад +3483

    Soooooooo, the world's largest LAN party?

    • @kittyyuki1537
      @kittyyuki1537 8 лет назад +182

      City-Wide LAN party!

    • @TheSuperCoolMan122
      @TheSuperCoolMan122 8 лет назад +54

      pretty fun tbh

    • @imarlonpp
      @imarlonpp 8 лет назад +6

      Yep

    • @mt7able
      @mt7able 8 лет назад +79

      With their huge nationwide "firewall"... China is technically the largest "LAN party" functioning like an intranet exclusive of the internet.

    • @TheSuperCoolMan122
      @TheSuperCoolMan122 8 лет назад +12

      mt7able China isn't exactly exclusive of the internet, there are ways around it.

  • @mrmrsbaron5364
    @mrmrsbaron5364 8 лет назад +2214

    So the Cubans created an internet source that was free for them, & not connected to any carriers? That's very interesting.

    • @butterfury
      @butterfury 8 лет назад +140

      P2P everywhere?!

    • @youssefmohamed5638
      @youssefmohamed5638 7 лет назад +210

      it's basically a giant LAN party, slightly advanced LAN party but a LAN party none the less, did you ever play Minecraft pocket edition with your friends? you connect to each other via hotspot or wifi direct and you can chat &play using the hotspot/WiFi direct but you can't access Facebook or any form of internet connection outside the devices connected in that connection that you created

    • @guydangerous9459
      @guydangerous9459 7 лет назад +1

      Entity51

    • @dinkledan9040
      @dinkledan9040 7 лет назад +51

      +Entity51 better than nothing at all

    • @parallaxggyt
      @parallaxggyt 7 лет назад +11

      IslandBoy__ you pay an isp to maintain and expand the network. There they have to do that stuf themselves

  • @omnik5850
    @omnik5850 5 лет назад +425

    Cuba is that one computer lab teacher that doesn't let you get on games

    • @fnknwr7
      @fnknwr7 4 года назад +3

      rElAtaBLe.

  • @Protantagonist
    @Protantagonist 6 лет назад +3450

    Besides pornhub, Xvideos, etc I can't wait for the cubans to find out memes. The discovery of memes will transcend them beyond the physical realm of existence into a higher dimension of learning....

    • @lizmariediaz8062
      @lizmariediaz8062 6 лет назад +273

      Jens we’ve had our own versions of memes for decades. They’re usually drawings and stupid jokes. My aunt used to have her kitchen walls full of them.

    • @tugrulc.1804
      @tugrulc.1804 6 лет назад +333

      Not just ordinary memes...
      *d A n K m E M e s*

    • @kwanlinus6999
      @kwanlinus6999 6 лет назад +150

      With the discovery of memes, the Cuban government will topple.

    • @baonkang5990
      @baonkang5990 5 лет назад +28

      @@lizmariediaz8062
      Everybody's aunts are the same.

    • @lizmariediaz8062
      @lizmariediaz8062 5 лет назад +3

      baon kang lol

  • @AneudiD78
    @AneudiD78 8 лет назад +1832

    It goes to show you that people just want to connect to the world.

    • @williamyou1571
      @williamyou1571 8 лет назад +183

      people are naturally social creatures, proof.

    • @GhostSamaritan
      @GhostSamaritan 7 лет назад +62

      william johones
      There's a huge difference between communicating in person and communicating through the internet. Trust me, I'm autistic.

    • @leonardrou
      @leonardrou 7 лет назад +20

      Or disconnect from the real world and real problems.

    • @youhavenoprivacyandownnoth8289
      @youhavenoprivacyandownnoth8289 7 лет назад +2

      I dont even take myself seriously, let alone others.
      Only narcissists like other people and have hobbies to look busy.
      People do not impress me.
      Hobbies do not impress me.
      Humans are NOT social.
      They are not anything.
      The more you grow the more you see that nothing fulfills you and you lose interest in everything and then you are truly happy.
      How do you know you are on the right track? When the thought of right or wrong appears. There is no right or wrong. There is no universe and there is no you.

    • @mkrump9403
      @mkrump9403 6 лет назад +2

      They want to remove Net neutrality in USA now!!

  • @brandonyu9602
    @brandonyu9602 7 лет назад +2772

    Man the minute a boy discovers pornhub in cuba, his life will change forever.

    • @kingblazeit7671
      @kingblazeit7671 7 лет назад +29

      Brandon Yu lmaooo

    • @Bugboibrolli
      @Bugboibrolli 7 лет назад +423

      Brandon Yu this shits all local, wouldn't be surprised if he saw his mom On it

    • @everett3055
      @everett3055 7 лет назад +10

      Brandon Yu lol just thinking that

    • @ssjdavid
      @ssjdavid 7 лет назад +1

      Brandon Yu lol

    • @motor5737
      @motor5737 7 лет назад +23

      Brandon Yu
      I laughed to hard at this.

  • @HBC101TVStudios
    @HBC101TVStudios 6 лет назад +1516

    At least Cuba still has internet, unlike North Korea.

    • @chippypills
      @chippypills 6 лет назад +97

      The DPRK is the least successful communist nation ever.

    • @yattasuccess9212
      @yattasuccess9212 6 лет назад +65

      Well they do have access to the internet, but not in an official sense and definitely not as how you'd think it's used for and who uses it, or maybe it's exactly who you think.

    • @TheRealRusDaddy
      @TheRealRusDaddy 6 лет назад +61

      They have really restricted internet access basicly for government officals and their familys only. im pretty sure kims the only one with unrestricted access

    • @bigdan7117
      @bigdan7117 6 лет назад +10

      @@chippypills The DPRK was never communist

    • @chippypills
      @chippypills 6 лет назад +10

      BIG DAN Yeah, not FULL COMMUNISM, but rather state socialist.

  • @axenic6096
    @axenic6096 5 лет назад +136

    The thought of having to go downtown just to listen to music online makes me appreciate what I have more

    • @bigberther7368
      @bigberther7368 4 года назад +4

      Cant u just download them and play it at home

  • @wtfhandle
    @wtfhandle 5 лет назад +538

    *Castro has left the server*

  • @jollyrajer
    @jollyrajer 8 лет назад +1318

    Humans we're so... resilient... adaptive... it's beautiful isn't it?

    • @vladbcom
      @vladbcom 8 лет назад +25

      i was awe struck..

    • @MrGotropic
      @MrGotropic 8 лет назад +8

      i think sad is the word

    • @Lyw1234567890
      @Lyw1234567890 8 лет назад +21

      Capt. E Alford Eternally curious and pushing the boundaries is sad? Hmm... I think it's admirable, what other species has our intelligence and drive? Whether for better or for worse, we are morbidly curious and it's incredible.

    • @xproDJx
      @xproDJx 7 лет назад +4

      Human nature. Interest of a individual.

    • @kohlinoor
      @kohlinoor 7 лет назад +4

      +Anonymous If you truly open your mind, you'll see that both of you are right. All living beings are born with the capacity to both create and destroy. We live in a constant struggle between those personal impulses, facing additional conflict from those of our friends, families, societies, governments, etc. Yes, it's an unfortunate reality, but resistance wasn't born in a vacuum. It exists and persists because of its symbiotic relationship with oppression, and because of the brave, intelligent and creative humans willing to keep it alive in spite of the risks involved. Is that not a beautiful thing?

  • @Dota420
    @Dota420 9 лет назад +181

    Hey Vox, I am a Cuban who emigrated to Sweden over 6 years ago. I want to thank you for posting videos like this on the Internet, telling the real truth of Cuba. If only you guys knew the struggle I face when I try to explain the reason why I moved to Sweden, literally EVERYONE that I've met knows little to nothing about Cuba and those who have travel to Cuba, see Cuba as a paradise, they fail to see beyond the tourist eyes. So again thank you, spreading videos like this will hopefully open people's eyes.

    • @musaran2
      @musaran2 6 лет назад +7

      Having lived in Cuba a few years, it baffles me how people could not see the corruption and poverty. Even locked in a hotel there are obvious signs.

    • @apdroidgeek1737
      @apdroidgeek1737 6 лет назад +4

      Bruno Mailly its not that they dont see it, its because they never care thats why they get easily manipulated people there thought that having no internet doesnt harm you in anycase so why would they care not to mention their laws are probably prohibit them from rebellion which makes them scared on the government

    • @ThePeacePlant
      @ThePeacePlant 6 лет назад +1

      So how did you get out of Cuba? Do they let locals leave the island

    • @thijmenbaak718
      @thijmenbaak718 2 года назад +2

      Cuba is a paradise. not less corrupted than the US or its allies. Stay Mad

    • @osheridan
      @osheridan Год назад +3

      ​@@thijmenbaak718 Imagine lecturing Cubans about Cuba

  • @the_other_dude
    @the_other_dude 6 лет назад +627

    Dat fully upgraded Mythic Warforged weapon tho

    • @eresh4084
      @eresh4084 6 лет назад +11

      omg -facepalm- I wish I could give you more likes loool

    • @justinedegamo2735
      @justinedegamo2735 5 лет назад +2

      I

    • @EliranC
      @EliranC 5 лет назад +7

      Private Server

    • @Julmaa87
      @Julmaa87 5 лет назад +5

      He was playing Cataclysm.... there was no Mythic then

  • @operatorplume1231
    @operatorplume1231 5 лет назад +105

    3:25 just know that 3 dollars is a lot of money for the common Cuban.

    • @VicMcFly111
      @VicMcFly111 3 года назад +8

      3 dollars for a hour of internet is also kinda expensive for people in europe

    • @mindyabusinesses649
      @mindyabusinesses649 3 года назад +1

      @Comic Sans that don’t mean nothing. The economy works differently for them so those 79.50 aren’t what they seem

    • @tristan6509
      @tristan6509 3 года назад +1

      @@VicMcFly111 it's even more expensive for the cuban, their average monthly salary is $20-25 per month...

    • @aheinz308
      @aheinz308 3 года назад

      That's only there official income most Cubans make most of their money through side jobs because there government issued pay(3 dollers) isn't enough to pay for food. Most Cubans daily income is around 60$ per day. (About minimum wage in the US)

    • @lxme6853
      @lxme6853 3 года назад

      3 x 25 = 75 pesos

  • @mr.potatoeshead5317
    @mr.potatoeshead5317 5 лет назад +342

    So basically it's like using Tor and the connection speed depends on everyone's connection like uTorrent.
    That's pretty dope and sad at the same time.

    • @superemzone
      @superemzone 5 лет назад +16

      Its called a mesh net. Similar to how miners keep cryptocurrencies alive and running, nodes on the network transmit information packages to each other and keep the network alive. P2P internet.

    • @tristan6509
      @tristan6509 5 лет назад +27

      its basically a city wide lan party.

    • @nabilizzullah6937
      @nabilizzullah6937 5 лет назад +3

      Its basically a decentralized internet

    • @beedslolkuntus2070
      @beedslolkuntus2070 4 года назад +1

      Greggory Admn
      Hmm....

    • @dreadknot2238
      @dreadknot2238 3 года назад

      that how internet work..

  • @JoeCrush_
    @JoeCrush_ 9 лет назад +180

    That was really heartwarming seeing all those people using the internet. you know I realize sometimes you just gotta sit back and smell the roses.

    • @SamuraiCookieMonster
      @SamuraiCookieMonster 9 лет назад +19

      +Youknowmyname and remember that these are all due to the game industry XD

  • @Addisonmoreno
    @Addisonmoreno 9 лет назад +281

    It's videos like these that make me realize how for granted I take the internet.

    • @copiasrats
      @copiasrats 6 лет назад +7

      Addison M same. I look at third world countries and see how for granted I take things like my phone. I complain when my WiFi isn’t quick enough or my phone is almost dead and I don’t have my charger. I’m lucky to have a home, clothes, food, clean water, and pocket money, let alone a cell phone.

    • @operationyellowknife3721
      @operationyellowknife3721 6 лет назад

      20 percent of the world has access to a toilet. 49 percent of the world has an internet connection. 80 percent of the world has a cell phone. The world has advanced rapidly. Not complaining is not striving for the best.

    • @lifenane1624
      @lifenane1624 6 лет назад

      Addison M you mean how socialism doesn’t work?

    • @epaggelmatikoprwto7833
      @epaggelmatikoprwto7833 6 лет назад

      Addison M u must put it in good use

  • @adaywithevan
    @adaywithevan 9 лет назад +657

    Vox, please continue to do videos similar to this. This and the other Internet video about Cuba are absolutely fascinating to watch. You guys are making phenomenal content, keep it up.

    • @MarquosXoloVanda
      @MarquosXoloVanda 9 лет назад +17

      I unsub vice for the reason that they stop doing these types of documentaries. Only hope vox avoids the same faith of selling out.

    • @rodan7667
      @rodan7667 7 лет назад +3

      Yah they should keep away from politics. These videos are nice, but when they do politics they knowingly mislead the audience by only showing statistics that support their agenda.

    • @stevem3163
      @stevem3163 6 лет назад +1

      Rodan This video is about politics, Cuban politics

  • @SimilakChild
    @SimilakChild 6 лет назад +213

    thats actually called a "Intranet". and lots of large companies do that too.

    • @Daanloohuis135
      @Daanloohuis135 5 лет назад +15

      With an intranet, you have a dedicated server somewhere in the world. And with an intranet it is not necessary that other people should be online in order to get online access yourself

    • @hymw2412
      @hymw2412 5 лет назад +4

      @@Daanloohuis135 Lol it's more or less just a massive network topology. Kinda like a Ring Network just insanely large.

    • @beedslolkuntus2070
      @beedslolkuntus2070 4 года назад +1

      Daan Loohuis
      Hmm. Dedicated server somewhere in the world why tho

    • @international-arms-dealer
      @international-arms-dealer 4 года назад +1

      @@Daanloohuis135 a dedicated server? they do run all sorts of dedicated servers, for games, blogs, social media sites, etc..
      @similak child is correct.. this is an intranet. they're using private IPs.

  • @N163D
    @N163D 5 лет назад +62

    Isn't earth just a big LAN party ?

    • @Nhatanh0475
      @Nhatanh0475 4 года назад +2

      But those attended is big boy only.

  • @BambaZillah
    @BambaZillah 8 лет назад +705

    I don't know why I'm crying after watching this. I'm grateful for what I have. Go Cubans.

    • @dwaynepitt5694
      @dwaynepitt5694 7 лет назад +4

      How do i be grateful? Im a spoiled rich kid that doesnt pay taxes, that exploits the poor to my own benefit.

    • @edulima2845
      @edulima2845 7 лет назад +4

      Bamba Zillah lol you're so manipulated
      happy for what? living a miserable corporativist life so you can acess internet for 2 hours a day? yeah. be grateful. thats what they want.

    • @federicotroncoso3140
      @federicotroncoso3140 7 лет назад +8

      Duda Claro When did he ever say he was cuban?

    • @passionatedrive.202
      @passionatedrive.202 7 лет назад

      Bamba Zillah yea you overdid it.

    • @raxxdeft6505
      @raxxdeft6505 7 лет назад

      thanks bro im cuban american

  • @nicholascoulter3760
    @nicholascoulter3760 7 лет назад +27

    We need to get Guinness down there immediately to do a record on the largest and longest lasti g LAN party ever

  • @VictoriaStobbie
    @VictoriaStobbie 8 лет назад +302

    2:16 Castro from the side looks a hell-of-a lot like Liam Neeson.

    • @methodman247
      @methodman247 8 лет назад +6

      #illuminati

    • @hectorvaleriano1266
      @hectorvaleriano1266 8 лет назад +17

      Exactly ! He also kinda reminded me of Lionel Messi

    • @MrMattquine
      @MrMattquine 8 лет назад +5

      dude, I was thinking the exact same thing!!

    • @zyzzthetics7
      @zyzzthetics7 7 лет назад

      OnceThereWasAPageWithAReallyLongAssNameAndNowYouAreLookingAtAChannelWithAReallyLongName! I don't know if you're being sarcastic but Liam Neeson played Castro in a movie where I forgot the name from. (you're most likely being sarcastic.

    • @johndavelemence1816
      @johndavelemence1816 7 лет назад +1

      yeeeeaaaaah brooooo!!

  • @kdkayseas4772
    @kdkayseas4772 5 лет назад +9

    I went to Havana and saw this myself. It was crazy seeing 100+ people at 9-10pm all sitting in this area just to use the internet. Btw some places turn off their wifi at 12am

  • @TheUnexpected6
    @TheUnexpected6 6 лет назад +86

    4:35 "when the net goes live, Cuba's internet will increase by 3 Thousand." By 3 Thousand *what* .... Percent? Megabits? Gigabits? 3 thousand WHAT???

    • @hund4440
      @hund4440 4 года назад +4

      Times 3000

    • @marceloalarcon6058
      @marceloalarcon6058 4 года назад +13

      Bro she clearly says Cuba's BANDWIDTH, which implies 3,000 HERTZ or 3 khz

    • @nicolairvine6216
      @nicolairvine6216 4 года назад +4

      you sound like a maths teacher ngl

    • @marceloalarcon6058
      @marceloalarcon6058 4 года назад

      Hahaha im just studying computer engineering

    • @SmokeAssEatGrass
      @SmokeAssEatGrass 4 года назад

      @@marceloalarcon6058 you mean bits per second?

  • @LeanandG13
    @LeanandG13 8 лет назад +15

    that last line was pretty ominous "one day we will build monuments to honor the flash drive gods "

  • @AkshayAradhya
    @AkshayAradhya 7 лет назад +18

    6:29
    "One day we will erect a monument to the flash drive"
    That would be so freaking amazing. Such an awesome quote :)

    • @adeidara9955
      @adeidara9955 7 лет назад +4

      *insert lenny here*

    • @dirtydan179
      @dirtydan179 7 лет назад

      ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @lereff1382
      @lereff1382 7 лет назад +3

      One lenny coming up now
      ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

  • @mosesainsz7002
    @mosesainsz7002 8 лет назад +130

    It's so bizarre for me to watch this because I've read Castros biography and all the struggle and war they fought to gain freedom seems pointless if the country is like this. The people seem like they want to revolt but they feel morally obliged to wait a little longer because of the initial pure motive that Fidel had. Pretty peculiar

    • @Cubannerd
      @Cubannerd 8 лет назад +24

      The Castros didn't do much themselves. Even if they were not in the picture the Revolution was inevitable. They just started it in the East side of the country but many revolutionary movements were fighting the dictatorship before them. The Castros only took advantage of the situation and placed themselves as the face of the Revolution to have more power over the people. They back stabbed many of the people that helped them.

    • @user-hh4hc2lt6e
      @user-hh4hc2lt6e 7 лет назад +16

      Moses ainsz he "fought" to gain "freedom"... no he didn't. That's what he said he was doing. And then he said give me all your guns and then oh just kidding I'm a communist what u gonna do lol

    • @Noob_Nemesis
      @Noob_Nemesis 6 лет назад +1

      It's really not that that want to wait more, it's that the communist party has "snitches" everywhere. Your next door neighbor could be a snitch, hell even your cousin could be a snitch. To plan a revolution you need people, and you need to plan. How are you going to revolt if you can't trust anyone.

  • @GigachadLazer
    @GigachadLazer 5 лет назад +65

    Wait couldn't they get caught from watching... Oh wait forgot their gov don't have internet to even access to youtube oops

  • @Azizz1
    @Azizz1 4 года назад +17

    American media: " Castro hates internet "
    The reality: The Internet in Cuba is severely limited due to the United States embargo against Cuba. THE UnITED STATES REFUSES TO ALLOW an undersea cable to pass 100 miles from Cuba to Florida. Instead, Cuba's Internet connection is via the ALBA-1 cable to Venezuela, which has had technical problems limiting its speed.

    • @international-arms-dealer
      @international-arms-dealer 4 года назад +3

      completely false.
      Cuba does not need a cable from Florida to get internet access. Or from Venezuela for that matter.
      if the Cuban government would allow ISPs to set up networks there, there would be internet access.

    • @jongxina3595
      @jongxina3595 3 года назад

      Did you even watch the video? Their problem isnt lag from your hipothetical bad cable with Venezuela. Their problem is the rejection of such cable. Even the presenter who was against cable was saying stuff like "we need to understand our enemies intention before allowing new technology".

  • @brod2man
    @brod2man 9 лет назад +279

    so interesting. Glad you guys are researching things we would otherwise not be presented with.

    • @sandervb3732
      @sandervb3732 7 лет назад

      They can't read this mate

    • @brod2man
      @brod2man 7 лет назад

      ?

    • @sandervb3732
      @sandervb3732 7 лет назад +1

      brod2man oh, you meant this channel :') I thought you meant researching new internet phenomena (which isn't connected to ours, so those Cubans can't read our RUclips comments)
      My bad haha

    • @brod2man
      @brod2man 7 лет назад +1

      no worries mate

  • @joenodden
    @joenodden 6 лет назад +1778

    This is so cool.

  • @Jj-vd6es
    @Jj-vd6es 8 лет назад +73

    The real question is if there is Pokemon Go in Cuba

  • @alle7540
    @alle7540 5 лет назад +109

    This is honestly amazing. Really shows what people are willing to do for freedom.

  • @rjthomas2237
    @rjthomas2237 4 года назад +22

    Man just imagine if Tesla’s plans got off the ground, everyone could’ve had free electricity and internet.

  • @raxxdeft6505
    @raxxdeft6505 7 лет назад +180

    IM CUBAN AND THATS RIGHT WE PLAYED HALO WITH ALL FRIENDS EVEN THO IM NOT FROM THE HAVANA CITY IM NEXT TO IT BUT I PLAYED GAMES WITH MY HOOD.

    • @adghat7819
      @adghat7819 6 лет назад +28

      How are you accessing now.

    • @erlik420
      @erlik420 6 лет назад +1

      This is so cool

    • @atxcat6873
      @atxcat6873 6 лет назад +1

      Cool man, Halo 2??

    • @prinzdenax
      @prinzdenax 5 лет назад +2

      RaXxDeft I’m Cuban too! My friends and my cousins have been able to play GTA SAMP

    • @DeadlyWarrior45
      @DeadlyWarrior45 5 лет назад

      @@prinzdenax How are you commenting on this video XD

  • @oscarsantiago2117
    @oscarsantiago2117 8 лет назад +85

    I wonder when will North Korea do the same thing.

    • @Silver77cyn
      @Silver77cyn 7 лет назад +25

      Maybe they already are.

    • @JoaoOliveira-nk9gq
      @JoaoOliveira-nk9gq 7 лет назад +13

      Citizens out there are most likely to not even know what a computer is...

    • @Ms-pr7fe
      @Ms-pr7fe 7 лет назад +19

      King Leopold II I bet Kim Jong until has sole access to the Internet and writes bad movie reviews on the interview in Korean

    • @hongmaunguyen3291
      @hongmaunguyen3291 7 лет назад +2

      King Leopold II well if kim jong un ded

    • @LucasRodmo
      @LucasRodmo 7 лет назад +12

      They made through DVD's and flash drives too. But is much harder because the control is stricter and there's no USA around to allow Korean people to smuggle​ technology into the North Korea. The Chinese people of the frontier are helping, but is a slow and dangerous black market

  • @michellekopp6690
    @michellekopp6690 9 лет назад +41

    This is why we advance technology. I think of a flashdrive as something almost outdated. Internet access here is ubiquitous, so cloud drives are just easier. But these people have taken a flash drive and used it as a potent tool for free speech. Seriously amazing.

    • @miamivicepastels83
      @miamivicepastels83 7 лет назад +8

      Michelle Kopp flash drive is outdated? i still use one

    • @ziadyaacoub2532
      @ziadyaacoub2532 7 лет назад +1

      Michelle Kopp flash drive are outdated ? Not when your upload speed is 1 Mb/s

    • @Anon-fd8ui
      @Anon-fd8ui 6 лет назад

      Flash drives are *far* from outdated, lmao.

  • @madzen112
    @madzen112 Год назад +1

    For an IT guy that can navigate the culture and politics of the country and improvise solutions, it seems like an absolutely fantastic opportunity to work in Cuba.

  • @miethranair7771
    @miethranair7771 5 лет назад +84

    Guess you could call that a...
    Castrophe...

    • @ms0_u
      @ms0_u 5 лет назад +1

      HA

    • @youpretty5343
      @youpretty5343 4 года назад +1

      Nice

    • @GbrJose
      @GbrJose 3 года назад

      Cuba: BOO!!!!! (Havana nuke strikes jokester’s home)

  • @jeremiahplaysgames
    @jeremiahplaysgames 9 лет назад +295

    I like internet!

  • @revinhatol
    @revinhatol 6 лет назад +394

    Like he was born in the internet age.

    • @gazzymaripane3474
      @gazzymaripane3474 6 лет назад +1

      revin hatol I

    • @yattasuccess9212
      @yattasuccess9212 6 лет назад +6

      As if no one was born in modern society with modern improving technologies, They have a point in getting rid of their country's certain weak points or vulnerabilities through the internet or shared worldwide web, yet, if the People are rebelling, it's not a North Korea situation, because everyone knows and is open to the situation therefore if demands need to be met for the people they must. (I'm neither an American or a Cuban i'm just speaking what I think, and neither have I voted or am at the legal age to vote therefore take this as you eill.)

    • @MrBilioner
      @MrBilioner 5 лет назад

      dislike if you didnt,and Im glad I was born before the internet

  • @Sander_Datema
    @Sander_Datema 8 лет назад +30

    Now only one StreetNet user has to hack one of the internet routers and connect his pc to it...

    • @Sander_Datema
      @Sander_Datema 8 лет назад +2

      +KJP12 They probably have got some spare :)

    • @TheGunman889
      @TheGunman889 7 лет назад +13

      Worlds biggest lan party lets gooooo

    • @AlexLay
      @AlexLay 6 лет назад +2

      its already done lolol, a lot of people dont go to the parks now, because one person or several on wifi parks areas have antennas pointing to the parks and shares the connection on street net

  • @orionlavinmartinez3186
    @orionlavinmartinez3186 2 года назад +4

    Cuba doesn't hate internet. The US refuses to give Cuba access to the sumarine internet cable, which would immensely improve the internet situation. There is only so much they can do without a proper way to connect.

  • @kill2liveand4fun
    @kill2liveand4fun 5 лет назад +11

    City wide lan party, sounds dope. I could imagine Jose does you dirty in halo and y'all be going to square up on the streets

  • @cmdreteri7791
    @cmdreteri7791 8 лет назад +40

    Actually, Castro was really enthusiastic about bringing the internet to his people with the new cable, but when it was finally finished and he went online with it for the first time, he came to youtube and read the comments. For the good of the people, he decided they must never know the horrors he witnessed here.

    • @sheepgoats6451
      @sheepgoats6451 8 лет назад +8

      I know this may sound crazy but I actually think that thats exactly what happened. Just look at what the internet does to people. Lazy, un-motived, consumed, deppresion and even anger. Not only that but all these exessive tv shows... where are the benefits?

    • @seacue9417
      @seacue9417 6 лет назад +6

      Sheep. Information, medical care, connectivity, innovation I could go on forever

  • @nadashame2108
    @nadashame2108 7 лет назад +9

    I know many Cubans but I have one friend from Cuba who is like a brother to me. He told me about this and im glad I found a good video about it. Viva Cuba!

  • @vanthursday
    @vanthursday 7 лет назад +106

    Large lan party.. XD

    • @maxpayne6919
      @maxpayne6919 6 лет назад +9

      the biggest ever seen

    • @bright7913
      @bright7913 5 лет назад

      XDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDDXDXDXDDXDXDXXDXDXDXDXDXDXD

  • @The-eh6fm
    @The-eh6fm 4 года назад +30

    Then older the leader than slower the progress, when ruling class refuse to update itself the lower class will have to pay the price of stagnation.

  • @copper_himselfgaming619
    @copper_himselfgaming619 5 лет назад +10

    Cuba:created internet connection
    NASA: I'm I a joke to you?

  • @MichaelRabbitBass3
    @MichaelRabbitBass3 8 лет назад +33

    Google needs to just offer free wifi to them illegally. Being that they are an American company they are out of Cubas jurisdiction and cannot be bothered with Cuban consequences right?

    • @vurpo7080
      @vurpo7080 7 лет назад +6

      Michael Fisher Someone needs to be in Cuba to set up the wifi. If they just leave it there then the government can just take it down. If they have someone there to protect it then the government can arrest that person.

    • @anonb4632
      @anonb4632 7 лет назад +1

      Michael Fisher Google will work against Cuban interests (not just Communists). it is the big censorship tool on.the internet and its biggest surveillance device.

    • @claycopter
      @claycopter 6 лет назад +1

      Are you a Cuban?

  • @TheRealPapichulito
    @TheRealPapichulito 6 лет назад +5

    every year i visit Cuba to see my grandma and when i go talk to my friends before we play soccer we talk about how Castro ruined some things for the younger generation we think he sometimes just thinks for himself, yh he loves children, yes he saved a child from adoption, but that doesn't mean he will sacrifice everything for the younger generations future he likes how Cuba is now, independent, and we Cubans have gotten use to the system we live in but i think its time for some change, yes i know its 2017 aka 2018 cause the day i'm typing this is on December 31 2017 at 2:53 am but i hope Raul Castro ( Castro younger brother) takes the situation in a different direction, BTW HAPPY NEW YEAR

    • @DulceMiel11
      @DulceMiel11 6 лет назад +1

      Heat Wave Hi, I am Cuban too but left our island as a baby and grew up in Portugal. I agree with what you wrote. Y que piensas tu de lo nuevo presidente cubano y la forma como fué puesto en el poder?? Me gustaria saber cual es la opinión de otros cubanos porque onde vivo no hay cubanos viviendo. Abrazos hermano ❤

  • @tumors1686
    @tumors1686 6 лет назад +9

    2:13 Post Malone be dropping bombs since those early days

  • @lostdrink9491
    @lostdrink9491 3 года назад +2

    Dang, paying 4 dollars for an hour of internet.. And you even have to go outside of your house..

  • @thegamelabgaming7556
    @thegamelabgaming7556 4 года назад +29

    This is the type of reporting that made VOX so good, it’s sad how far they have fallen

    • @abhaymanoj3784
      @abhaymanoj3784 4 года назад +3

      what do you mean how far they have fallen there doing well

    • @keymash
      @keymash Год назад

      @@abhaymanoj3784 as in less quality

  • @xCobraCommanderx
    @xCobraCommanderx 7 лет назад +4

    I've always wanted to do this here in The States. I wanted to call it "The Local Netwotk." A network held together by the community built for file sharing.
    People of the community would chose to be apart of it and everybody within this network would be free to share whatever they wanted. Far from the reach of the FCC, DRM's, MPAA, and all other forms of internet oppression.
    Inspiring to see this thinking going on in other parts of the world.

  • @thewoodenbowl9947
    @thewoodenbowl9947 8 лет назад +53

    Although I don't speak Spanish, Cuban Spanish sounds so musical, and different compared to other Spanish Accents/Dialects.

    • @thewoodenbowl9947
      @thewoodenbowl9947 8 лет назад

      ***** I like how it sounds, but yeah. I've heard that a Spanish speaker from another Spanish-speaking country can hardly understand Cuban Spanish and Argentinean Spanish.

    • @pandaland1
      @pandaland1 8 лет назад +1

      Well you're a wooden ball, I'm surprised you speak.

    • @thewoodenbowl9947
      @thewoodenbowl9947 8 лет назад +5

      pandaland1
      We are highly intelligent Wooden Bowl species, we will take over the world and humans together with it!

    • @sheepgoats6451
      @sheepgoats6451 8 лет назад +3

      +El Osmodivs ... you do not know what you speak off. Cuban litercy is higher than that found in the US... js.

    • @imarlonpp
      @imarlonpp 8 лет назад +2

      we don't do that, well, the newest generations don't do that, well, a little porcent

  • @moogle68
    @moogle68 9 лет назад +17

    Gotta say that while it is terrible that they don't have internet easily available, the point should be made that they are very united as a people. They are also forced to be extremely creative and utilitarian with what they have. There are downsides to easy access. Regardless, they deserve to have that access as an option. Great video, very informative.

    • @Anon-fd8ui
      @Anon-fd8ui 6 лет назад

      They're actually extremely divided thanks to the politics of the last century, but good try. If you're talking about StreetNet, I suppose you could say the collaboration between them was a good thing, but is certainly no replacement for actual internet.

  • @sumvs5992
    @sumvs5992 4 года назад +3

    You guys still gonna tell me Cuba is a perfect "democratic socialist country"

    • @YaowBucketHEAD
      @YaowBucketHEAD 4 года назад +1

      You left the part out of the iron fist rule of Fidel and to a lesser extent, Raul.
      No system can thrive when one person is making all the decisions.

  • @brokenprodigy8002
    @brokenprodigy8002 6 лет назад +1

    This is absolutely phenomenal, even through restrictions people still find a way to connect with one another

  • @ranggaalr
    @ranggaalr 7 лет назад +5

    no lag, no choke, no loss, lan party

  • @albertpaul1094
    @albertpaul1094 8 лет назад +5

    This is Yunta. He's playing World of Warcraft, but he's not connected to the Blizzard server. Blizzard is coming for you Yunta! Run!

    • @Peng_Pong
      @Peng_Pong 7 лет назад

      Here comes daddy kaplan!

    • @illustriousmonster
      @illustriousmonster 7 лет назад

      albertftw BAN

    • @kensley94
      @kensley94 6 лет назад

      disliked by accident.
      sorry hate my phone sometimes, i clicked it again to neutralize.

  • @marii8323
    @marii8323 5 лет назад +43

    Gamer boys in America: need more troops to fight vs the furries
    Gamer boys in Cuba:need more troops to fight vs Fidel Castro

    • @XFTFX
      @XFTFX 5 лет назад

      I thought Fidel's dead

    • @Blu97
      @Blu97 5 лет назад +3

      Fidel has been dead for a while now.

    • @oxeroth
      @oxeroth 5 лет назад

      Fidel dead. But the aids remains

  • @unintentionaleffectiveness4393
    @unintentionaleffectiveness4393 6 лет назад

    It’s amazing to hear the lady at the end say that the flash drive will get a monument when you will be able to speak your mind freely, it’s amazing that the flash drive will overlap Castro if it came to happen. Crazy to see how a well intentioned individual can become so consumed with power that he forgets he was trying to free his people, not enslave them. This is why we have so many hurdles for any law to pass. It’s important that no one man has complete power over everything the country offers. You have people to keep them in check. It may not be perfect but it’s about as good as it can get... I mean, 1 hour of internet?! I would have used 10% of that hour just in this video alone! Sometimes I need stuff like this to put things in perspective.

  • @miglioreo2900
    @miglioreo2900 4 года назад +10

    A Cuban immigrant is who introduced me to WOW about 15 years ago

  • @clapthonyclaptano3922
    @clapthonyclaptano3922 8 лет назад +6

    I would love to have a USB monument in America.

    • @clapthonyclaptano3922
      @clapthonyclaptano3922 8 лет назад

      ***** United States of America. Probably California where all the tech stuff is.

  • @Jatischar
    @Jatischar 9 лет назад +6

    hero flash drive, deserves a medal

  • @amittriumph8991
    @amittriumph8991 7 лет назад +4

    love and respect the creativity of cubans i had the best time of my life when i visited der amazing ppl

  • @enigma3383
    @enigma3383 6 лет назад

    My dad who grew up I Cuba told me that in Cuba that if you weren't doing something illegal, you weren't living.

  • @BlissfulMachine
    @BlissfulMachine 5 лет назад

    I’m Cuban and I didn’t know what internet was till I came to the USA, best childhood ever !

  • @BoogsterSU2
    @BoogsterSU2 9 лет назад +11

    "We are not against new technologies...."
    Oh really. Why are you using a microphone and a PowerPoint presentation then?
    -----
    "No estamos en contra de las nuevas tecnologías ...."
    Oh enserio. ¿Por qué utiliza un micrófono y una presentación de PoderPunto a continuación?

    • @Kai-pu2gh
      @Kai-pu2gh 9 лет назад +4

      Whats about power point do you use this bullshit called keynote ?

    • @ChaseBlanchette
      @ChaseBlanchette 9 лет назад

      +Kai Werder But it is an older version tho

    • @01DOGG01
      @01DOGG01 9 лет назад +1

      +Boogster Su Probably because America put an embargo on them for over half a century

    •  9 лет назад

      Nowhere else did.

    • @minervasucicorbegoso2097
      @minervasucicorbegoso2097 7 лет назад +2

      Boogster Su I laughing at the PoderPunto thing 😂

  • @garantes9257
    @garantes9257 8 лет назад +90

    The revolution was not socialist, The socialism came after the revolution

    • @ramiro041
      @ramiro041 8 лет назад +5

      at least a single person watching the video knows at least a little bit about socialism

    • @Cubannerd
      @Cubannerd 8 лет назад +5

      That's the only thing that really annoys me about VOX. They keep missing the fact that M26-7 and El Directorio Revolucionario were not Socialists. >_

    • @stonewalljackson6168
      @stonewalljackson6168 8 лет назад +5

      Cuban Nerd It's whatever pushes their agenda, it seems as though they want it to look like people wanted the socialist system.

    • @cheatinc
      @cheatinc 7 лет назад

      G Arantes problem was they got no other ally against the US.

  • @trashtvinternational
    @trashtvinternational 9 лет назад +9

    WTF!? I didn't know that!!! Thank you very much for this!

  • @verycoolguy69
    @verycoolguy69 5 лет назад +4

    Except, this video fails to mention how the US embargo made it incredibly expensive and next to impossible for Cuba to develop internet with its poor economy.

    • @peterlanguila4028
      @peterlanguila4028 2 года назад

      It didn’t it literally mentioned it near the end of the video

  • @etrusco2898
    @etrusco2898 3 года назад

    And here I am watching youtube as a cuban living in Cuba. And they interviewed the cuban equivalent of Guaidó. Nice journalism🤣🤣🤣

  • @yeeted9466
    @yeeted9466 4 года назад +3

    Idea: pay someone to keep thier computer and or phone connected to the internet hot spots while also having a local connection

  • @fidelcashflow5792
    @fidelcashflow5792 7 лет назад +13

    My Latino people are savvy they make it happen no matter what I wonder if it's better to live in a world that you know you are being controlled opposed to a world where you are being controlled but makes you believe you are not it's one thing to be in a cell and see the bars and physically touch them then to be in a cell and not realize you are in one...

    • @alejandrajorge2338
      @alejandrajorge2338 5 лет назад +1

      Coño, qué poético. Claro que prefiero comprar lo que a mi me de la gana en el mercado y tener internet ilimitado que trabajé para tener. Y te voy a decir un secreto, toda esa información que se recopila de ti, tú voluntariamente aceptas que sea recopilada cuando aceptas los términos y condiciones de las apps que instalas en tus dispositivos.

    • @Phil-xz5gv
      @Phil-xz5gv 5 лет назад

      now that's what I call being woke lol

  • @DonnellGreen
    @DonnellGreen 6 лет назад +3

    Damn breaking the Law Just To Play World Of Warcraft Lmao

  • @Falcoun1
    @Falcoun1 3 года назад

    I used to work at an airline before the pandemic. Whenever we would fly to Cuba to stay overnight, the hotel we stayed at would give us all a little paper card with a very long username and an equally long password, which you had to enter every time you connected to the internet. It worked for 24 hours, but only the actual time you’d spend online was logged in. When it was time to leave most of the flight crews would give them to the drivers that took us to the airport, and they would be very thankful. If we forgot about them, they would go out of their way to ask us for them, if we still had them.

  • @NebulositySirus
    @NebulositySirus 5 лет назад

    This guys created his OWN network, With no internet access just community base! with probably no education what so ever. So much Potential.

  • @tannerheaps8436
    @tannerheaps8436 9 лет назад +30

    Cool video can you do one one on why Bernie sanders has gotten only 8 minutes of screen time but at the American time is breaking records

  • @beedslolkuntus2070
    @beedslolkuntus2070 4 года назад +29

    Cisco Edge Routers:
    Hurricane Electric && Cogent Communications : *wait, that's illegal ._.*

  • @realityyt9547
    @realityyt9547 5 лет назад +4

    the way this StreetNet works sort of reminds me of Tor

  • @Magnetshroom
    @Magnetshroom Год назад +2

    Cuba. The North Korea of Latin America.

  • @MalleeMate
    @MalleeMate 4 года назад

    Cuba is the first place to have a widespread decentralised internet. That’s amazing.

  • @ElderDoge
    @ElderDoge 4 года назад +8

    Vox 2015: Communism/Socialism is bad
    Vox 2020: Join us comrade, we are the revolution

  • @cerberus8462
    @cerberus8462 5 лет назад +4

    Imagine the lag

  • @KappaPappaInSync
    @KappaPappaInSync 7 лет назад +6

    i feel lucky that my family in cuba have real internet but not all the time. but its only because one family member works in a university

    • @BigMoney398
      @BigMoney398 6 лет назад

      Kappa Pappa move to another country dude

    • @serglian8558
      @serglian8558 6 лет назад

      Rising Greatness It's not that easy

  • @fatwebb8008
    @fatwebb8008 5 лет назад

    Most of these people show that family shows a stronger connection than any wi fi in the world

  • @philipp7823
    @philipp7823 5 лет назад +1

    Cuban madlad created their own internet without google

  • @LeonardoSantos-kx4zy
    @LeonardoSantos-kx4zy 7 лет назад +55

    Warcraft saving lives😍😍

    • @XPK15
      @XPK15 5 лет назад

      LOL I bet their connection is better than mine.

  • @theunknown0789
    @theunknown0789 6 лет назад +3

    3:37 What is the sad piano music name? I've been looking this for 2 years now. It's 2018

    • @nikoflow_fm9541
      @nikoflow_fm9541 3 года назад

      2021 :-/ they list some songs at 6:33 but i can’t find some of them

  • @gm42069
    @gm42069 6 лет назад +5

    Imagine if they had pokemonGO at those hotspots ayyyyy

  • @CR0WYT
    @CR0WYT 3 года назад +1

    Cuba is basically one giant LAN party.

  • @Xaol
    @Xaol 3 года назад +1

    It's all fun and games until someone cuts the ethernet cable.