In article <87vbyugh88....@thumper.dhh.gt.org>, John Hasler <jhas...@newsguy.com> wrote: >In any case designers of things like cell towers should no more assume >that GPS is always "just there" than they should assume that electric >power is always "just there".
So long as they're still running IS-2000 CDMA, GPS is at least a formal requirement. But for intermittent interference or signal interruptions, a receiver with a good oscillator will have enough hold-over accuracy to meet the actual protocol requirements. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | What intellectual phenomenon can be older, or more oft woll...@bimajority.org| repeated, than the story of a large research program Opinions not shared by| that impaled itself upon a false central assumption my employers. | accepted by all practitioners? - S.J. Gould, 1993 _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
