[ntp:questions] why do internet servers not poll at longer intervals

[David J Taylor]

> +nist1-ny.ustimi .ACTS.           1 u   25   64  377   53.990    3.458 
> 6.160
> #216.119.63.113  .ACTS.           1 u   42   64  377   59.998   22.534 
> 5.595
> +india.colorado. .ACTS.           1 u   36   64  377   63.986    1.739 
> 6.604
> +ping-audit-207- .ACTS.           1 u   50   64  377   83.998    0.715 
> 3.206
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> Ron

Ron,

What Internet connection do you have?  I see delays of 25 - 35 ms on my 
cable modem connection, which is 30 Mb/s down and 1 Mb/s up.  I don't know 
whether delays of 54 - 84 ms are what would be expected on your 
connection, but they seem long delays to me.  It may be worth checking 
whether your ISP has an NTP server.  Sometime stratum-1 NTP servers can 
get overloaded because too many people connect to them, and stratum-2 
servers will give better results (especially if they are better connected 
to you).

Cheers,
David