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From: swh@hpcupt1.cup.hp.com (Steve Harrold)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: WWV vs. The Naval Observatory Clock -- Who's Right ?
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Date: 2 Jan 91 17:22:06 GMT
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Re: Naval Observatory time

To add a data point: I called the Naval Observatory with my PC 
(1-202-653-0351) on New Year's Eve around 23:50 PST, and received a 
time value that matched exactly what US network television was 
displaying as the approach of (local) 1991 was being counted down.

The program that did the dialup reported a 0.07 second delay for the
round-trip signal propogation, so I have difficulty believing that a delay
of 12 seconds is due to networking/routing behaviour.