Xref: utzoo sci.electronics:3104 sci.astro:2228 comp.dcom.modems:1985 comp.misc:2585 rec.ham-radio:5081 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!mtunx!rutgers!njin!princeton!udel!rochester!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!reed!percival!bucket!leonard From: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson) 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: <912@bucket.UUCP> Date: 8 Jun 88 20:18:20 GMT References: <455@trane.UUCP> <4691@watcgl.waterloo.edu> <585@otto.COM> Reply-To: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson) Followup-To: sci.electronics Organization: Rick's Home Grown Unix; Portland, OR Lines: 44 In article <585@otto.COM> glenn@otto.UUCP (Glenn Scott) writes:, 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