Does cashless society discriminate against the poor and elderly? (2019)

Re:Does cashless society discriminate against the poor and e... by pyuser583 on Monday October 17, 2022 @09:15PM (#33241829)

Cell phones are pretty old. “Sprint” was an acronym for “South Pacific Railway Internal Network Technologies.” Used by passengers on railways since the 1920s.

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Re:Does cashless society discriminate against the poor and e... by fortran77 on Monday October 17, 2022 @09:42PM (#33242001)

This isn't true at all. The name "Sprint" wasn't chosen for 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/je...

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Re:Does cashless society discriminate against the poor and e... by s0rce on Monday October 17, 2022 @10:10PM (#33242161)

They had the famous pin drop commercials!

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Re:Does cashless society discriminate against the poor and e... by barnbuilder on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @04:39PM (#33267643)

I guess this is the person who posted recently about their very sad hobby of intentionally spreading misinformation on here and Wikipedia.

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Re:Does cashless society discriminate against the poor and e... by barnbuilder on Thursday October 20, 2022 @04:13AM (#33272029)

Mea 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-ra...

However I do not see anything resembling cell phone service happening until the 1970s.

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