First Free Wireless Link Between Europe And Africa

Paul Bawon writes "A company called PSAND have just installed a wireless link between Tarifa in Spain and Tangiers in Morocco, thus linking the African and European continents together with a free wireless link. The link went across the Straits of Gibraltar with a total distance of 32 km over the sea. Images can be found here and notes from the work can be found here."

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This is brilliant

[CdBee]

Forget all the predictable comments about satellite links being cheaper, the bandwidth being a bit low for a trans-continental link, etc, this proves one thing:

No matter how repressive a government becomes in its monitoring or control of internet technology, geeks the world over can use this project as a reference work: Don't like your internet strained by official censors? Just beam a link over the border to an open proxy.

People like us can use this technology to open repressed populations up to communication.

Re:This is brilliant

[user no. 590291]

I don't know that that would be such a good idea. A radiating microwave transceiver with enough power to cross an ocean would be an easy target for a direction finding van, or missile if a repressive government were so inclined.