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This 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.
by fortran77 4y ago
This 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.