years ago I was out a large clock installation in NYC - written on the wall was 
a note - before noon tune to a specific shortwave frequency to listen to the 
noon type signal.

Western Union used to distribute time over their telegraph network for a small 
fee - in connection with the Self Winding Clock Company

The power company (still does) keeps  line frequency accurate to a time 
standard.  Henry Warren got this standardized - I believe Tesla proposed it.

Cell phone towers all have GPS receivers - there are ways to get time off them.

We now use GPS receivers everywhere you can get a nmea sentences that has UTC 
time.


Thomas D. Erb
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