Editing Athens Wireless Metropolitan Network (section)

== Cultural and geographical context ==
Although the network began in [[Athens]], the capital of [[Greece]], its activities are no longer limited to the city. It covers a geographical area 110&nbsp;km from North to South and 85&nbsp;km from West to East, with the most southern point being Palaia Epidavros ([[Epidaurus]]) and the most northern point being the town of [[Nea Artaki]] on the island of [[Euboea]].<ref>[http://wind.awmn.net/?page=nodes Online Nodes Map]</ref> The wide expansion of the network allows isolated areas with poor technological and broadband infrastructure to connect with the Athenian network. The islands of [[Aegina]],  [[Salamina Island|Salamina]] and the regions surrounding Athens are also connected to the network.

Recently the island of Euboea connected with more links with AWMN for redundancy purposes and the next stage will be to join the wireless 'islets' located in [[Corinth]], [[Lamia (city)]] and [[Volos]]. There are also plans to reach even more remote cities of Greece such as [[Patras]].{{Update inline|date=April 2021}}

This year{{Specify|date=April 2023}} AWMN connected most of the Greek communities and managed to cross the Greek borders. It has initiated a VPN connection with ''[[wlan slovenija]]'' network in [[Slovenia]] with the vision to connect all the wireless communities of Europe into one network.