Xref: utzoo sci.electronics:3050 sci.astro:2190 comp.dcom.modems:1933 comp.misc:2531 rec.ham-radio:5005 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!hplabs!sdcrdcf!otto!glenn From: glenn@otto.COM (Glenn Scott) Newsgroups: sci.electronics,sci.astro,comp.dcom.modems,comp.misc,rec.ham-radio Subject: Re: N.B.S. Time Service Keywords: Time Ticks Message-ID: <585@otto.COM> Date: 6 Jun 88 07:34:28 GMT References: <455@trane.UUCP> <4691@watcgl.waterloo.edu> Reply-To: glenn@otto.UUCP (Glenn Scott) Organization: Las Vegas Sun Lines: 29 In article <4691@watcgl.waterloo.edu>, awpaeth@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Alan Wm Paeth) writes: >As I recall the current telephone number arrangement is truly by > "land-line" -- the NBS has arranged with Bell that the signals not be > routed via satellite, as the speed of light path delay becomes a > significant fraction of a second. These guys are always "on guard for > purity", and seem to do a good job at that. > > /Alan Paeth > Computer Graphics Laboratory > University of Waterloo This doesn't make sense to me, so I'm not sure you're saying what I think you are. If I originate the call, my local telephone provider doesn't necessarily know that I'm calling the NBS Time Service, and it would route my call via the most viable way. That's not likely to be via "land-line" from Nevada to Colorado. In addition, the "speed of light delay" via satellite shouldn't be much different than the speed of light delay over a copper wire... Glenn -- Glenn Scott 702-564-8347 Las Vegas Sun 702-435-4651 Henderson, Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada glenn@otto.lvsun.com "Officials don't know what caused the blast, but they know it wasn't their fault."