[ntp:questions] Using NTP to calibrate sound app

Ralph Aichinger ralph at pangea.at
Sat Jan 26 10:30:55 UTC 2013


Rob <nomail at example.com> wrote:
> I think the average internet connection from a device like an iPhone
> has so much jitter that this approach will not work reasonably well.
> (try to ping to an internet server and see what kind of jitter you
> have, it usually is terrible over UMTS, WiFi etc)

iPhones do have a GPS though, and there do exist apps (at least
for Android, supposedly also for the iPhone) that sync time
to this GPS.

/ralph



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