From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from vsmx001.dclux.xion.oxcs.net (vsmx001.dclux.xion.oxcs.net [185.74.65.81]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ADH-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8A7FA3CB35 for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2021 12:15:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: from proxy-1.proxy.oxio.ns.xion.oxcs.net (proxy-1.proxy.oxio.ns.xion.oxcs.net [83.61.18.4]) by mx-out.dclux.xion.oxcs.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 265A58C0DA6; Sat, 12 Jun 2021 16:15:52 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2021 18:13:46 +0200 From: Mike Puchol To: Dave Taht , Michael Richardson Cc: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <31411.1623506452@dooku> References: <950B8EAF-90B9-41A6-951D-91821F591D41@teklibre.net> <01a7bed2-6f49-3d7d-eb5a-209031ee8070@gmail.com> <391A8897-5A1F-424A-9DD0-01B66824887B@teklibre.net> <31411.1623506452@dooku> X-Readdle-Message-ID: c75357e6-d3f8-4f82-ae8d-d81009ca84d6@Spark MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="60c4ddb7_66ef438d_15d" X-VadeSecure-Status: LEGIT X-VADE-STATUS: LEGIT Subject: Re: [Starlink] Microstate Accounting and the Nyquist problem X-BeenThere: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Starlink has bufferbloat. Bad." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2021 16:15:56 -0000 --60c4ddb7_66ef438d_15d Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline The basis for the GPS time sync is an atomic clock on board each satellit= e. I very much doubt Starlink is placing one of those in their birds :-) Best, Mike On Jun 12, 2021, 16:00 +0200, Michael Richardson , wr= ote: > > Dave Taht wrote: > > It=E2=80=99s ironic that the device has to have gps in it, and thus s= hould be > > able to provide perfect time to clients directly behind it, isn=E2=80= =99t. > > Couldn't starlink satellites *also* provide a GPS reference=3F > They are lower and way more of them... > > -- > =5D Never tell me the odds=21 =7C ipv6 mesh networks =5B > =5D Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works =7C network architect = =5B > =5D mcr=40sandelman.ca http://www.sandelman.ca/ =7C ruby on rails =5B > --60c4ddb7_66ef438d_15d Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline
The basis for the GPS time sync is an atomic clock = on board each satellite. I very much doubt Starlink is placing one of tho= se in their birds :-)

Best,

Mike
On Jun 12, 2021, 16:00 +0200, Micha= el Richardson <mcr=40sandelman.ca>, wrote:

Dave Taht <davet=40teklibre.net> wrote:
It=E2=80=99s ironic that the device has to = have gps in it, and thus should be
able to provide perfect time to clients directly behind it, isn=E2=80=99t= .

Couldn't starlink satellites *also* provide a GPS reference=3F
They are lower and way more of them...

--
=5D Never tell me the odds=21 =7C ipv6 mesh networks =5B
=5D Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works =7C network architect =5B=
=5D mcr=40sandelman.ca http://www.sandelman.ca/ =7C ruby on rails =5B

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