probably no phones (even landline anymore)

Land-line, in the sense it existed in 1965 is almost universally being dismantled in favor of VOIP.

It's almost as if someone dosn't like distributed systems and prefers those that can be switched off from one location. (I'm not saying the old telco model didn't have choke/failure points, but there were a lot of them)

We could be reduced to schlepping our 'blockchains' between Barter-towns on USB sticks.

probably no phones (even landline anymore)

Land-line, in the sense it existed in 1965 is almost universally being dismantled in favor of VOIP.

It's almost as if someone dosn't like distributed systems and prefers those that can be switched off from one location. (I'm not saying the old telco model didn't have choke/failure points, but there were a lot of them)

We could be reduced to schlepping our 'blockchains' between Barter-towns on USB sticks.