“I Hate GPS” “The idea that we are all hooked to a satellite…that doesn’t work in certain circumstances, does not work indoors or in valleys

All networks, communications, and power grids require a common time standard.

As NVIDIA and Facebook noted in a blog post, better timing gives outsize performance improvement: “making the timekeeping 80x more precise

the importance of synchronized clocks.

GPS, like Sutro Tower, was also built in the 1970s and provides a free* signal. And it is also obsolete.

China has taken a different tack. Like Russia, they have their own anti-satellite and a GPS alternative called BeiDou.

The need for accurate timing cuts across multiple sectors, but there seems to be a common thread: the trend towards distributed architecture

Two weeks ago the Russians launched an extremely destructive and unnecessary anti-satellite missile.

the lack of a GPS alternative invites attack.

a recent demonstration by an IBM hacker showed that you don't need a missile to hobble our timing-based infrastructure

Before you can settle into your new moon base, you need to have an accurate moon clock.

Why is timing so critical for modern networks?

Who You Gonna Call? It is well known that GPS is an Achilles' heel for our modern world.

You wake up. Emergency and rescue radios are down. Your location app is offline and planes are grounded worldwide.

The time you see on your phone is synchronized to a clock at the US Naval Observatory, delivered via GPS satellites through your local cell

A Brief History of Time (Synchronization)

We recently got a question: Why pay for timing when the GPS signal is free?

The first GPS satellite was launched in 1978. The dire need for GPS Alternatives

It is well understood that all modern networks and electronics rely on a timing signal from GPS that is not nearly secure or accurate enough

Facebook likes time: A giant leap forward for the time and synchronization industry