Cubans surf the Web at home in Havana pilot project


  • TECH
  • Friday, 30 Dec 2016

Retired teacher Margarita Marquez, 67, uses the Internet after it was recently installed at her home in old Havana, Cuba, December 29, 2016. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

HAVANA: Downtown Havana resident Margarita Marquez says she received a special Christmas gift this year: web access at home, a rarity in a country with one of the lowest Internet penetration rates in the world. 

Marquez, a 67-year-old retired university professor, was among those selected by the government two weeks ago to participate in a pilot project bringing the Web into the homes of 2,000 inhabitants of the historic centre of the island's capital. 

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