Does anything like TV or the internet still exist in the current GG world? In the Sign story there's a moment where reporters are talking but it's being played through a radio instead.
As of 2187, most advanced forms of communication are regulated by respective Governments in the form of Magic Telecommunication. Only people who can afford to use Magi-com devices or those who actually work for their respective governments for the purpose of communicating as national representatives can use the technology currently.
Illyria 2nd King Leo Whitefang and American President Colin Vernon are able to communicate through them because it’s a necessary private emergency line in their circumstances, just like how Answer acts as President Zanuff’s aid to act as a liaison for other countries as necessary.
It’s not that the technology is especially expensive or difficult to use, but rather that because of the Universal Will, there was a concern ever since 1999 that said technology might be used against humanity, which it was (in part) used against the Japanese in 2074.
With the threat of the Universal Will somewhat abated right now, communications are not as risky as they once were, so it won’t be long before everyone can use personal Magi-com devices for their own use again (much like we use Cellphones in our era).
Because of the way Magi-com devices work, it isn’t difficult to transmit videos, images, or even complex sound or other advanced frequencies over the device... so mass communication is much more advanced than it once was because of Magic technology...
As for Computers... the equivalent have been the Organ devices used by Zappa and his fellow staff members, though the risk for viruses and cyber-terrorism still exists, it seems much more observed than 100 years prior because of the Universal Will’s actions, along with the Blacktech ban imposed by the Sanctus Populi up until recently.
To sum up, the technology is more advanced than simple “Internet”, but it isn’t used by the public as commonly as previously and is restricted more... but that will change once the news gets out about the Universal Will being defeated.
