RE: NTP Server

[Brandon Kim <brandon.kim () brandontek com>]

Wow that is amazing and quite impressive that you even run the antenna lines....interesting......do you have to pay for 
the GPS service?






> Subject: Re: NTP Server
> To: brandon.kim () brandontek com
> From: jkrejci () usinternet com
> Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 15:52:03 +0000
>
> Internet ntp is not as reliable as local ntp due to either reachability or tampering. We run a pair of GPS ntp 
> servers with antennas ran to the roof of the building. We make them available to our customers as well as for our own 
> use.
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> ------Original Message------
> From: Brandon Kim
> To: nanog () nanog org
> Subject: NTP Server
> Sent: Oct 24, 2010 10:34 AM
>
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> Hey guys:
>
> I wanted to open up this question regarding NTP server. I recalled someone had created a posting of this quite awhile 
> back.
> > From a service provider/ISP standpoint,  does anyone think that having a local NTP server is really necessary?
>
> I've asked some of my fellow engineers at work and many of them gives me the same response, "Can't we just use free 
> ones out on the internet?"
>
> 1) How necessary do you believe in local NTP servers? Do you really need the logs to be perfectly accurate?
> 2) If you do have a local NTP server, is it only for local internal use, or do you provide this NTP server to your 
> clients as an added service?
> 3) If you do have a local NTP server, do you have a standby local NTP server or do you use the internet as your 
> standby server?
>
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks in advance, and this list is such a valuable wealth of resource....
>
> Brandon
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