[LEAPSECS] presentations from AAS Future of Time sessions

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <52D38720.4000003 at rubidium.dyndns.org>, Magnus Danielson writes:


>What CCITT recommendation are you refering to?

>

>It was CCIR that did the broadcasting recommendations that we keep 

>refering to.


And that's what I'm talking about.

The reason UTC got put on radio was that it was "one-to-many" service
and copper and coax were waaaay to expensive for that.

The reason why UTC got standardized in CCITT in the first place,
was for coordination between telcos.

There are previous stuff from CCITT and their precursors that lays
down details and protocols for handling traffic and time on
international telegraph, telephone and radiotelephone connections.

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