Ah how different it is...
in the Democratic world :-)
“Most users can access only a government controlled intranet, rather than the global internet,”
oh wait...
Nixon in China it may not be, but Google's chairman Eric Schmidt has reportedly visited Cuba. Cuban blog 14yomedio.com reports that Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt and other senior Googlers dropped in over the weekend to promote “the virtues of an open internet”. Freedom House's 2013 Freedom on the Net 2013 rates Cuba …
Several laws since since 1960 (they keep changing).
Cuba has very little domestic backbone infrastructure, but they could afford to extend Internet connectivity via satellite if the US and Cuban governments would allow it:
http://laredcubana.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-cuban-approach-to-achieving-internet.html
Google has a geosynchronous satllite project that could serve Cuba:
http://cis471.blogspot.com/2014/06/can-google-connect-other-three-billion.html
My guess is that the US government would go for this, but Cuba is a tougher sell.
Some are alleging that this reported visit is a hoax, but if it is not ...
I suspect that the US government would love to go for this, but would be stymied by the insane Cuban exiles in Miami. It's pretty clear that more internet access would mean more knowledge which would lead to more democracy, and therefore a chance to get rid of an embarrassing neighbour.
Cuba will be wary for the same reasons. They'll want it to help their economy etc but be scared of political ramifications. The government is (was - 2005) remarkably popular but there will be a massive push from the US to kick out communism if they thought they could.