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On the first of July 2015 the Cuban government telecommunications company opened access to unrestrained Wi-Fi internet connection to the population. Servers were placed in hotels and some public squares. Connection was made by purchasing cards for two CUCs per hour (equivalent to two USD) and throughout the day large gatherings of people could be seen standing outside hotels or grouped in squares to connect to the internet.

It was nearly impossible for Cubans to purchase electronic devices since wages in the island were still low and prices inaccessibly high for most. Many of these new users connected with cellular and other digital devices sent to them by relatives living abroad. Despite the slow connection due to heavy use and the broken Skype sessions, this access allowed family members that had been separated for years and at times decades to see each other on a live screen.