Augie Schwer schreef:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would agree - this sort of equipment would be best placed with a
knowlegeable amateur who is active in the project, who may even be
able to use this to demonstrate the accuracy of the pool (by
comparing the accurate clock with values obtained from the pool).
I suppose it depends on what the goal of the Hardware Giveaway is; if
the purpose is to put equipment in the hands of enthusiastic hobbyists
who would otherwise have no means of affording something like a LANTime,
then I agree with you both that the equipment should go to a private
individual.
All that being said; yes I work for an ISP, and yes I think the LANTime
is cool, and yes I want to play with one which is why I make the
argument that giving it to an ISP (namely the one I work for) is a good
idea. :)
I would guess the goal for the Hardware Giveaway is to introduce a large
number of NTP fanatics to those nice products, and for people like you
to think "well, maybe it would be a good idea to get one or more of
those at work", then order (and pay) them.
I suggested to give it to Turk Telecom, because so many of us have
complained about their use of the pool. But, those folks probably can
afford to buy one
themselves just as well.
Until recently, I (as a hobbyist) had a server synchronized to a
longwave radio receiver and two GPS receivers. Mainly for fun and to
test the gpsd software. But the system to which those receivers were
connected failed, and now I have a temporary shortage of COM ports for
this setup. However, I will rebuild it as soon as possible.
This confirms your point about hobbyist servers, but I still provide NTP
service (synced to some others), and short failures are usually not that
important with NTP.
Rob
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