[ntp:questions] USNO Clock Fast?

Daniel Norton danorton at gmail.com
Wed Nov 8 17:11:01 UTC 2006


On Nov 7, 5:55 pm, "Brian Garrett" <mgy1... at cox.net> wrote:
> They do give pointers to thewww.time.govsite, and even that site has a
> disclaimer indicating that it is not exact enough (due to the asymmetric
> delays mentioned in previous posts) to be used for precision-timing
> purposes.

Asymmetric delays are one thing, six seconds fast is something else
entirely.

They seem to have disabled the web links, perhaps in response to my
E-mail to their webmaster, pointing to this thread.

> But yes, if time.gov is the preferred site, one wonders why they
> bother with the older web clocks--not to mention the long-broken audio link.
>
> Brian
> who, if being off-topic were a crime, would now be on death row

--
Daniel




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