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>you don't need a server to get your phone number
Yes, you do. Your carrier runs it.
>you don't need a password to access them
The Ki key in your sim card is your password. And you can't get it out because you're not allowed to.
> it's pretty much the same infrastructure as 100 years ago
It's not even close to the same infrastructure. The way cellular carriers operate today is much closer to what I describe in the OP than to phones from 1923. There is no operator, no circuit boards, no switches, nothing like that. When you make a call, your voice is split into network packets and routed just the same way as when you make a call over FaceTime or Matrix or what have you. The only difference is, you can easily run your own Matrix server.
>you don't need a server to get your phone number
Yes, you do. Your carrier runs it.
>you don't need a password to access them
The Ki key in your sim card is your password. And you can't get it out because you're not allowed to.
> it's pretty much the same infrastructure as 100 years ago
It's not even close to the same infrastructure. The way cellular carriers operate today is much closer to what I describe in the OP than to phones from 1923. There is no operator, no circuit boards, no switches, nothing like that. When you make a call, your voice is split into network packets and routed just the same way as when you make a call over FaceTime or Matrix or what have you. The only difference is, you can easily run your own Matrix server.