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Re: Time and Timing Servers


From: "Majdi S. Abbas" <msa () latt net>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 10:58:31 -0400

On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 09:50:48AM -0500, Mike Hammett wrote:
Isn't a major problem with CDMA-based sources that the networks 
they depend on are getting shut down? 

        Domestically, yes.

        Not only are you dependant on Sprint if you go that route
(Verizon is already pulling the plug on CDMA this year.), it was never
any better than +/- 10 ms or so.  You can get that via NTP pointed at
the Internet.

        At best, all you were doing with CDMA was relying on a cell 
site's GPS receiver and holdover characteristics -- which were totally
opaque to you.  At least you can monitor NTP. 

        --msa


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