Comments:
A product of the railroad era Sprint started out as Southern Pacific
Communications Co. (SPCC) then renamed to SPRINT (Southern Pacific Railroad
Internal NeTwork). Later Sprint was spun off to General Telephone &
Electric Corp. (GTE) who then sold part of the company to United Telephone.
The two operated Sprint under the U.S. Sprint name. Eventually, GTE sold all of
its stake in U.S. Sprint to United Telephone who renamed the operation Sprint
and has since chosen to operate under the more recongizable Sprint brand
(the tail wagging the dog much like TDS Telecom's ownership of U.S. Cellular).
Originally, U.S. Sprint utilized a nationwide network of microwave towers
similar to what MCI (then Microwave Communications, Inc.) and AT&T Corp.
did to provide long distance service. However, Sprint was the first of the big
three long distance carriers to convert over to a fiber optic network.
| Route | Segment | Map | Comment(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington, D.C. - Philadelphia, PA | N | ||
| Washington, D.C. - Baltimore, MD | N | ||
| Baltimore, MD - Wilmington (Elsmere), DE | N | ||
| Wilmington (Elsmere), DE - Philadelphia, PA | N | ||
| Washington, D.C. - Charlotte, NC | N | ||
| Manassas, VA - Charlottesville, VA | N | POP to POP | |
| Lynchburg, VA - Roanoke, VA | N | POP to POP | |
| Roanoke, VA - Wytheville, VA | N | POP to POP | |
| Washington, D.C. - Hamlet, NC | N | ||
| Richmond, VA - Fredericksburg ,VA | N | POP to POP | |
| Richmond, VA - Newport News, VA | N | POP to POP, spur route |