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Wow, #TIL! «Sprint actually originated as a telecommunications division of the Southern Pacific Railroad in the 1970s. In fact, the name Sprint is an acronym for Southern Pacific Railroad Internal Networking Telephony.

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The railroad built microwave and fiber-optic communication lines along its tracks for internal use and later began selling excess capacity to the public. This telecom division eventually spun off, changing ownership over the decades before finally being acquired by T-Mobile.» Damn!