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Sprint To The Inauguration

 
On the eve of Barak Obama's inauguration, John Croce, a program manager with Sprint's Emergency Response Team (ERT) not only took my call, but put off lunch for a few minutes and whistled off an e-mail to his client, then told me all Sprint was doing to provide both coverage and emergency response for the nation’s capitol. I guess they take that "response" part seriously. (link)

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