It still blows my mind how ubiquitous communication is now. I just had someone message me instantly from a ship in the Mediterranean, while I'm on a flight in the US.

https://lemmy.zip/post/57947121

It still blows my mind how ubiquitous communication is now. I just had someone message me instantly from a ship in the Mediterranean, while I'm on a flight in the US. - Lemmy.zip

Even less than a 150 years ago that would have been impossible. And prior to that communication among normal people could take months.

I remember calling someone in another country was super expensive but you could predial some super long numbers which made it cheaper somehow
so the opposite of jail calls… 🤔