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TotalSamPass t1_j5tigeg wrote

Reply to comment by breaktime1 in [OC] How Expensive is Mobile Data in LatAm? by latinometrics

Genuinely curious why that'd be? Is it due to the terrain and that they have got fewer towers to support the plethora of customers? Or something else completely?

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yubacore t1_j5upi5j wrote

It's just a way to scam people who roam by accident.

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percy135810 t1_j5win7z wrote

At least in terms of international communication, the US has repeatedly refused to let Cuba connect to international undersea cables, which leaves other options for communication that are much more expensive. Plus, the 60-year, universally condemned embargo by the US doesn't help either.

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Kay_0zz t1_j5wv51j wrote

It's a way for ETECSA (Cuba's state telecom monopoly) to get hard currency. Left your foreign phone on? Wait till you get home and see the next bill. My wife left her US chip in her phone for a day, made a couple of calls and used nav. $232.

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