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Hackable?

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What Is El Paquet?

El paqete is a weekly collection of data that is first down loaded into the country. It's then distributed on vi external hard drives to people all over cuba. The cost of getting el paqete for gigavite is fi cu p, and it costs about 20 cents us. This has created an underground internet where everyone can get their hands on everything from t v shows to entire web sites. Even rolando's grandparents are using them every day - even though they're not legal. And so cuban ingenuity rallies around trying to create its own 'internet'

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