My friends and I are going off to college ~180 miles apart. As a project, we are looking into creating a data communication connection between our two schools. Our requirements would be:

• 180 mile range
• ~1 Mb/s connection speed both ways

Becoming licensed for amateur radio would be assumed in order to take advantage of lesser regulations/more frequency options.

Are there any technologies attainable at the enthusiast level that would offer these features?

My friends and I are going off to college ~180 miles/290 kilometres apart. As a project, we are looking into creating a data communication connection between our two schools. Our requirements would be:

• 180 mile/290 km range
• ~1 Mb/s connection speed both ways

Becoming licensed for amateur radio would be assumed in order to take advantage of lesser regulations/more frequency options.

Are there any technologies attainable at the enthusiast level that would offer these features?