Cuba's internet slows to crawl as more island residents connect

FILE PHOTO: People wait in line to enter an Etecsa store, the Cuban state company that provides telephone and communications services, Havana, Cuba, February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cubans suffering long lines for food, fuel and medicine now have a new problem: painfully slow internet.

Internet service, never speedy in a country that first authorized cellular data only five years ago, has slowed to a crawl in recent months, leading to an outcry from many island residents, who say it is hitting both work and pleasure.