[comp.dcom.telecom] When Sprint Belonged to the Railroad

grinch@st-louis-emh2.army.mil (James W. Green) (07/26/89)

 PT:
    Reference your comment on Peter da Silva's remarks in vol 9 no 255:

>[Moderator's Note: They were long past the barbed wire on the fence post
>days when Sprint started. It was because they greatly modernized their
>system and found themselves financially embarassed as a result that they
>decided to sell the excess capacity. But you are correct about the old railroad
>phone networks. They were the pits.   PT]

  Do you mean they were like today's autovon?

   JIM

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[Moderator's Note: Smile! Thanks for a chuckle to close this issue!   PT]