Ask Slashdot: Could We Reconnect Eastern Libya? 290
GrumpyBagpuss writes "We all know that the internet is supposed to route around damage, but currently eastern Libya is off the net because all their connectivity goes through Tripoli. How difficult would it to be to reconnect eastern Libya via a microwave link to Crete? It's less than 200km away, on the Libyan end there are mountains up to 850m and on Crete they're higher than 2000m. People have achieved distances of over 300km with simple WiFi equipment, but would it be possible to increase the bandwidth to handle a whole, or at least half a country? How would you connect the link at both ends? What other problems would there be? How many Pringles cans would we need?"
Re:Not sure this is the time to work on internet (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Why are stupid nerds always thinking... (Score:0, Funny)
Little known fact: Hitler was defeated by the internet in WW2.
Re:Beyond my tech skills... (Score:3, Funny)
Yes, please. Someone set up an effort, and a site, and some transparency/accountability, and let's do it!