I'm still waiting and hoping for a free internet, but we are a long way from it. Somebody would have to feel charitable and donate some satellites to the cause.
I think that in the near future there will be 2 opposing groups of people. One that will continue to use the decaying banking system and maybe work to improve it, and another that will leave it for cryptocurrencies.
The old establishment will always support cash, it's going to take years for them to slowly die out and disappear, so that new people, with knowledge and experience in alternative forms of payment can take their places.
I don't really believe in what will soon be a free Internet. Perhaps of course Internet access will be partially paid for by the mining and it somehow solve the problem. Nothing is free, but the ability to pay for services and do not notice it is always there.