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This is what Cuban's use:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imo.android.imoim&hl=en
To be frank though your new "frens" aren't going to waste valuable WiFi time on you unless (in their eyes) you're rich so they know there will be pay-back when you return. Same deal with calling them on their cellphones, why waste their minutes on you unless you load them up with something like this:
If you're calling a landline then you have lots of options, Google is your friend.
> Also, for the WiFi, there is wifi available in hotels and it costs 4 to 10cuc per hour to use.
No need to pay those high prices, simply use the 2 CUC/hour cards. They work everywhere.
> Local Cubans can buy access cards for 2cuc per hour. Foreigners cannot officially buy these cards, as you need an account with etecsa.
Anyone can buy the cards, nationality is immaterial, there's no need for an account with ETECSA.
>But there is a black market for the cards and you can usually get them near the WiFi zones for 3 to 4cuc.
It's not really a black market, you're simply buying the card from someone who stood in the bloody long line-up instead of you. It doesn't have to sound so ominous, haha. Street price for a 2 CUC card is always 3 CUC.
>You can maybe Skype sometimes, but generally it is too slow for video calls.
Skype is illegal so outside of the business/tourist hotels it's blocked (almost) everywhere in Cuba. Cubans use IMO. With a semi-decent connection it (usually) works okay. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imo.android.imoim&hl=en
For me it is imo I stopped using it when MSN Messenger stopped being a thing that me and my circle of friends used to communicate. Things like whatsapp and Viber eventually be came the de-facto standard. So it was only to my horror when I received a text last week inviting me to join imo that I realised that someone in my family circle found it and is calling it the best thing since sliced bread because you can make video calls. Because you know, there exists no other more well known service that does this already.
Try IMO. Seems to work so far
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imo.android.imoim
Use an app called IMO, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imo.android.imoim , it is not affected by the voip blockage.
Why what's the problem with imo and are you taking about the imo app from Google playstore or something else🤔
You could try imo.