"Marcus? It's Lindsay from Legal. Our London office says video calls keep dropping. Something about the 'Expressway-C' showing a red light? And they need it fixed before the 8 AM merger call tomorrow. That's... in eight hours."

"Interesting. Your account shows 'Expressway Plus' licensing, but you're trying to download from the 'Expressway Base' folder. You need the 'Expressway Plus Software Bundle' link. It's hidden three menus deep under Collaboration Flex Plan > Add-ons > TelePresence Infrastructure ."

Marcus stared at his third empty coffee cup. The Expressway-C. The critical spine of Business-to-Business video calling. The thing that let London talk to Tokyo without turning into pixelated robots.