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Cell phones are pretty old. “Sprint” was an acronym for “South Pacific Railway Internal Network Technologies.” Used by passengers on railways since the 1920s.
by pyuser583 4y ago
Cell phones are pretty old. “Sprint” was an acronym for “South Pacific Railway Internal Network Technologies.” Used by passengers on railways since the 1920s.
- fortran77 4y agoThis isn't true at all. The name "Sprint" wasn't chosen until the 70s and the initial business was alternative long-distance carrier, not a railway cell phone. See: https://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/2022/05/23/jerry-marge-go-large-based-michigan-couple-who-gamed-lottery/9826514002/ https://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/2022/05/23/je...
- s0rce 4y agoThey had the famous pin drop commercials!
- barnbuilder 4y agoI guess this is the person who posted recently about their very sad hobby of intentionally spreading misinformation on here and Wikipedia.
- barnbuilder 4y agoMea culpa, searching for the actual original name “Southern Pacific Railroad Internal Network Telecommunications” pulls up a number of interesting stories about the origins of the company running telegraph lines along the rail tracks. Example: https://www.npr.org/2012/10/15/162963607/sprint-born-from-railroad-telephone-businesses https://www.npr.org/2012/10/15/162963607/sprint-born-from-ra... However I do not see anything resembling cell phone service happening until the 1970s.