Early last year, Cuba also launched its first public Wi-Fi hotspots in its second largest city, but its $4.50 hourly fee was too expensive for most of its citizens. And this year, the country's state-owned ISP also announced that it would be bringing home broadband connections to a few neighborhoods in Old Havana. Even if Cubans can afford to get online with those offerings, they'll still have to deal with internet censorship.

Google might not be able to do much about content restrictions from Cuba, but given its infrastructure expertise, I wouldn't be surprised if it delivers a much cheaper way for people to get online.