Computational networks of ordinators (like an "inter-net") are impossible due to the breakdown of information transmitted at distance, or any information of sufficient complexity. Games are also capped at low-poly.

The greater the distance, the more distortion is introduced. You hear things out of time. Things you shouldn't. You become noticed. And corruption itself can spill through the speaker, the screen.

Long-distance calls are wrong-distance calls. My phone has a red lock on it. There is a key.

Some pay phones in government areas are capable of long calls. But you need the Coin. Attempts to circumvent this mechanism cause acid to be released, melting the innards.

Telegrams are safer.

I clutch not a telephone in my hand but a lotus pod of some black and sunless garden...

To survive in a bad place:
✦ Wear a mask. Don't let [] see your face. Unless you would turn a flashlight on in [] [].
✦ Don't let your coverings be damaged. Anything you can adorn yourself with, even an accessory, this is why they wore rings, isn't it? ✦ [] [] [] []