[ntp:questions] Syncing and peering for a multi-continent deployment

Uwe Klein uwe at klein-habertwedt.de
Wed Apr 17 17:17:16 UTC 2013


John Hasler wrote:
> unruh writes:
> 
>>But perhaps if the whole gps goes down, or goes bad, we as a society
>>will have bigger problems than our computer clocks.
> 
> 
> Well, it's run out of a single center by a single agency so things other
> than a loss of satellites could compromise it.  Fortunately there's
> GLONASS and will soon be Galileo.  Does anyone sell a timing receiver
> with GLONASS capability?

Well, you can buy GPS receivers that do NAVSTAR _and_ GLONASS.
Triple service receivers are around the corner.

uwe



More information about the questions mailing list