Denny Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 SPRINT = Southern Pacific Railroad Intelligent Network of Telecommunications 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4GHoward Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Are we suppose to answer something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 No it was just a piece of trivia I picked up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyroscott Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 No it was just a piece of trivia I picked up. No way I will ever remember that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Wow! Even the Admin can learn something around here. Awesome! Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacinJosh Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Yeah. I never knew what Sprint stood for either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themuffinman Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Yeah, I had to google this to see for myself. What we need to do now is come up with a more humorous meaning to the acronym sprint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyroscott Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Yeah, I had to google this to see for myself. What we need to do now is come up with a more humorous meaning to the acronym sprint. I'm awesome at new meanings for acronyms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyroscott Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Smart Phones Reach Impasse with Network Technology 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacinJosh Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Smart Phones Reach Impasse with Network Technology LMAO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyroscott Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 I think I'm going to quit while I'm ahead. The more letters in an acronym, the tougher it is to string together words that fit. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twospirits Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Smart Phones Reach Impasse with Network Technology I don't think anyone can top that. You just killed the thread. lol as for the meaning of Sprint, I read that somewhere, but can't remember where. I do know it was a long time ago that I read that. TS 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffman Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Wikipedia states otherwise: SPC (Southern Pacific Communications) was only permitted to provide private lines, not switched services. When MCI Communications released Execunet, SPC took the FCC to court to get the right to offer switched services, and succeeded (the "Execunet II" decision). They decided they needed a new name to differentiate the switched voice service from SpeedFAX, and ran an internal contest to select one. The winning entry was "Sprint", an acronym for Switched PRIvate Network Telecommunications 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twospirits Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 and the Sprint name mystery continues... link 1 link 2 and although I do rely on wikipedia alot for stuff, in this case I think Denny was more correct. link 3 The History of Sprint incidently, speaking of trivia, this link outlines a brief history of the rise and fall of Telephone competition in the US from 1982 thru 2011. TS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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