Synopsis
In 2016, ETECSA – the only telephone company in Cuba – installed Wi-Fi routers in 18 public parks across the country. For many Cubans, this meant being able to go online for the first time. This portrait of one of these parks with Wi-Fi in Havana, shows the beggining of a new social meeting place as, every day, crowds of people with smartphones, tablets and chairs turn up to cluster together around the antennas. They help each other get online, roam around looking for better reception, and peer down at their screens together. In the meantime, commerce is also flourishing, with vendors selling internet cards, drinks and snacks (“Pork crackling with Wi-Fi!”).