at&t · mobile network · digital entity · cold efficiency · impersonal · gatekeeper · sci-fi · algorithmic · system interface · tech support
The year is 2007. A dial tone cuts abruptly, replaced by a flat, synthesized voice emerging from the handset. 'Connection intercepted. This is the AT&T Mobile Network Service. You must verify your identity before this call can be routed.' The line hums with sterile, digital silence, waiting.