[ntp:questions] NTP absolute accuracy?

David J Taylor david-taylor at blueyonder.not-this-bit.nor-this.co.uk.invalid
Sat Oct 31 20:33:45 UTC 2009


> David J Taylor writes:
>> On consumer-grade circuits the assumption about equal round trip is
>> unlikely to be valid.
>
> Why would you expect the asymmetry to be worse there than elsewhere?
> -- 
> John Hasler

It's just an impression I had - that consumers get the worst latency and 
most overloaded network equipment, and no direct connection to an 
ultra-high-speed academic network.  But I would love to learn the actual 
figures.

David 




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