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The article says it is not allowed to connect to the larger internet, so you can't access it from outside Cuba.

A quick Google search shows ads[1] advertising full Internet connection through SNet. They may be scams, but it wouldn't surprise me at all if people were setting up hidden gateways (using VPNs on the local network).

[1] http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:3mFCdYr...

It also says they're using it to play WoW, so I wouldn't trust the technical details.

Good thing it's impossible to run a private server for WoW since Blizzard sued everyone out of existence, and there's no way to find so-called 'illegal' software on the internet.

Without access to the rest of the internet they'd have to rely on sneakernet to get the private server software.

Huh, I keep forgetting how old WoW is... I just assumed they'd have the ability to block third-party servers.

I love the irony of Cubans asserting their software freedom against a US corporation.

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