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From: hayes!tnixon@uunet.uu.net (Toby Nixon)
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Subject: Re: Spring Ahead, Fall Behind
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Date: 19 Nov 90 18:50:08 GMT
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In article <14701@accuvax.nwu.edu>, tneff@bfmny0.bfm.com (Tom Neff)
writes:

> When I see all these automated clock setting tools being posted far
> and wide on CompuServe, Usenet etc., I can't help wondering: is the
> NBS up to the job of answering all the new calls generated from
> thousands of American basements and desktops?

All I can say is that in all the calls I've made to these numbers,
often several in a row, including on what one would consider to be
"busy" nights (e.g., Daylight/Standard time transitions), I've never
received a busy signal.


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