> analogized to how developing countries leapfrogged to wireless telecom without the expensive wired last-mile telecom stage Another example of this sort of dy

> analogized to how developing countries leapfrogged to wireless telecom without the expensive wired last-mile telecom stage Another example of this sort of dynamic are skipping credit cards for app based payments. Or not having much of a postal service because email. In all these cases I think its more of a shortcut than truly leapfrogging. Not as good in terms of redundancy (good for reliability) and interoperability.