bugabuga
join:2004-06-10
Austin, TX | Roaming :)
All it means that ATT et all will be able to have an official roaming agreement with Cuban telecom company. So they'll be able to continue wire-tapping  |
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DaveNJ
No Fear
join:1999-09-01
New Jersey | isnt there one cellular provider in cuba? So i am sure the roaming is super expensive. |
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wifi4milez
Big Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY
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| said by DaveNJ  :isnt there one cellular provider in cuba? So i am sure the roaming is super expensive. As far as I know roaming isnt even allowed in Cuba at this time. None of the carriers list Cuba on their 'international roaming' lists. Furthermore, it would be pretty hard to claim you werent in Cuba when you have a cell phone bill showing otherwise!
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seederjed
join:2005-02-28
Snellville, GA
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It's even better then that, all the companies that do business there will bend over backwards to please the great Cuban Overlords. Look at what they do in China to do business there.
Granted, the economy won't be as large there, but I have heard some say it could become the Las Vegas of the East Coast. When, not if, it opens to Americans, look for a lot of money to be poured into that island. |
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eco
Premium
join:2001-11-28
Wilmington, DE | Havana was Las Vegas before Las Vegas was Las Vegas. I have a friend whose family lost millions when they government shut down their families casino after the revolution. |
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Misterloa
@teksavvy.com
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Canadian cell phone plans sure can roam in Cuba. I didn't bring my T-Mobile SIM card to check 
Calling out of Cuba and into Cuba is phenomenally expensive ($1+/minute). The reasoning is that it's used to raise revenue for the government, basically a tax on incoming and outgoing calls. Cubans are generally too poor to call out, so it's a way of getting their foreign relatives to fund the regime with every phone call in they make.
I really don't see AT&T and these other companies making much of a change. Euro-based cell providers have built the network there anyway, it's not like only Americans can build these networks.
The costs are high not due to inefficiencies, but high tariffs. |
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tiger72
SexaT duorP
Premium
join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
clubs: | reply to seederjed
There's a slight difference between a developing nation of 1.2 billion people, and a 3rd world country with a couple million... And yes, Cuba was Vegas before Vegas was Vegas. |
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