Cubans are largely deprived from using the Internet, but now a network of 9,000 computers has allowed for the exchange information and games thanks to Cuba's youth. accordding to the AP.

By using basic materials like small Wi-Fi antennas and Ethernet cables strung throughout Havanna, some Cubans are now able to get online and enjoy some features of the Internet.

While it is just a local Internet connection and not the World Wide Web, the secret connection has mostly satisfy those in Havana who have given up on getting online.

Because government-run hotels and Internet centers demand heavy fees to access the Internet, most do not even bother.

Thanks to this secret connection of cables and antennas strung throughout Havanna, Rafael Antonio Broche Moreno has been able to share files and talk to people.

"We really need Internet because there's so much information online, but at least this satisfies you a little bit because you feel like I'm connected with a bunch of people, talking to them, sharing files," he said.

Moreno is a 22-year-old electrical engineer who helped develop SNet (Streetnet). 

Since Cuba restricts Wi-Fi without permission, SNet is technically illegal. Moreno disagrees and says what he and SNet are doing is not wrong and is not harming any one or protesting the Cuban government.

"We aren't anonymous because the country has to know that this type of network exists. They have to protect the country and they know that 9,000 users can be put to any purpose," he said. "We don't mess with anybody. All we want to do is play games, share healthy ideas. We don't try to influence the government or what's happening in Cuba. ... We do the right thing and they let us keep at it," he said.

Moreno and other administrators keep an eye on the behavior and safety of SNet and can ban users for sharing pornography or slowing down the network.

"Users show a lot of respect for preserving the network, because it's the only one they have," Moreno said. "But me and the other administrators are watching things to make sure the network does what it's meant for." 

The United States' reationship with Cuba has improved, and President Obama hopes Cubans will seek out U.S. to help improve the Internet on the island.