Cuban authorities Wednesday declined to grant internet access to private homes on the communist island despite the expansion of communication infrastructure, dpa reported. "Cubans are expected to be connected (to the internet) in their homes, but the initial priority in the current circumstances will be granted to collective points of access," Cuba's deputy communications minister Wilfredo Gonzalez Vidal said in an interview published in the Communist Party daily Granma. Gonzalez Vidal wrote that the goal is "to reach the greatest number of people with less investment. " On Tuesday, Cuban authorities announced that 118 internet cafes would open around the country to benefit from a fiber-optic cable strung from Venezuela. They are to join around 200 points of access in the island's tourist hotels, although prices will in all cases remain high for Cuban standards.
