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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can do directed WiFi with pretty long range. But you have to set up both transmitter and receiver antenna, and you'll want to tune the direction of both antenna since radio waves don't travel in a straight line along the surface of the Earth. Bit of a faff really.

Long-range Wi-Fi - Wikipedia - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-range_Wi-Fi

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