QUOTE: Originally posted by drephpe QUOTE: Originally posted by Junctionfan If that is so, will Amtrak/Sprint offer long distance specials? (10 cents a minute on the Empire Builder)[(-D] No, but I have it on good account that on AmSprint (SprinTrak??) you'll only be able to make calls in Texas and southern Arizona, New Mexico, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida panhandle on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays if they're to the east and Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays if they're to the west. [}:)][}:)][}:)][banghead][banghead][banghead]
QUOTE: Originally posted by Junctionfan If that is so, will Amtrak/Sprint offer long distance specials? (10 cents a minute on the Empire Builder)[(-D]
QUOTE: Originally posted by Trainnut484 QUOTE: Originally posted by fuzzybroken QUOTE: Posted: Today, 16:58:54 by csxengineer98 humm....well...i never notices the similiartiy between the to logos...but since you brought it up..im sure now we will be hearing about some law suit brought up by one or the other companies about copy right infringment of the logo...lol.... im sure the corprot lawers that patrol the internet like a pack of hungry wolfs looking for thier next kill have read this thread already..and are looking into fileing legal action as i type this...lol... csx engineer Hmmm...I don't see the similarity myself, and don't think any lawsuits are going to be brought by both companies in regards to their logos. My wife works for Sprint and has some input she would like to share: Merger: Sprint / Nextel is a merger of equals (Amtrak is not a telecommunications company) As my husband stated earlier, logo is animation of pin dropping which is currently being deplicted in certain Sprint advertisements (Nothing to do with Amtrak). *** Side note: With the merger Sprint / Nextel is the official wireless sponsor of the NFL which compliments the already existing relationship with Nascar. I have always been under the assumption that Sprint owns the largest fiber-optic system. In 1987 the network consisted of 20,000 miles of fiber-optic. I do know Sprint leases fiber-optic to many of its competitors. From my knowledge of land acquisition (Nothing to do with Sprint, just speculating like everyone else now), it could be possible that an easement is used with the RR.
QUOTE: Originally posted by fuzzybroken
QUOTE: Posted: Today, 16:58:54 by csxengineer98 humm....well...i never notices the similiartiy between the to logos...but since you brought it up..im sure now we will be hearing about some law suit brought up by one or the other companies about copy right infringment of the logo...lol.... im sure the corprot lawers that patrol the internet like a pack of hungry wolfs looking for thier next kill have read this thread already..and are looking into fileing legal action as i type this...lol... csx engineer
QUOTE: Originally posted by tree68 QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas Sprint's network started out as Southern Pacific's in house communications (PBX). SP spun Sprint off into it's own prior to the failed SP-SF merger, and it grew from there. IIRC, they laid in lots of fiber and discovered they had lots of excess capacity, so they sold it (or rented it, actually). Much of the communications infrastructure in this country is buried on RR and limited-access highway ROWs.
QUOTE: Originally posted by chad thomas Sprint's network started out as Southern Pacific's in house communications (PBX). SP spun Sprint off into it's own prior to the failed SP-SF merger, and it grew from there.
QUOTE: Originally posted by CSXrules4eva chad that is interesting information about Sprint. All I know about them is that I had one of their cell phone's once and I didn't like it at all. It kept droping calls on me and I was haveing trouble accessing the network. So I decided to drop Sprint and go with Nextel. Now Sprint and Nextel merged to form the holding company SprintNextel. I'm not too happy about that one but, I haven't been having too much trouble with my phone since the merger. [:D] So, maybe eveything will work out after all.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Trainnut484 The logo is to represent Sprint's classic "pin drop" to now where it falls and bounces back straight up. Take care, Russell
QUOTE: Originally posted by fuzzybroken Here I go, starting trouble again... Did Sprint merge with Amtrak? Check out their new logo: [swg]
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