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Date:	Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:04:26 -0700
From:	Norm Metcalf <n.metcalf@worldnet.att.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: OT: TIME has expired

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If you don't have a short-wave receiver and are willing to make a toll
call NIST provides the time at 303-499-7111.
Norm Metcalf, Boulder Colorado

J R FOX wrote:
> AT&T here has just terminated their TIME service --
> the # you can call where an automated voice says "At
> the tone, Pacific Standard time will be __:__." A
> cost saving measure, no doubt. This was very useful
> the morning after seasonal time changes, anytime you
> needed to check the accuracy of your watch or clocks,
> or if you did not have any convenient access to the
> internet at that moment. So, here's a question for
> all you Orange County folks: Does Verizon still have
> such a number, that still works ? If not, are there
> any other *phone call* (including cell phone)
> services like this -- free or otherwise -- that you
> know of ?
>
> A cell phone itself may be a partial answer, in that
> they seem to be fed some accurate real-time signal
> that provides the time. However, it is not a
> continuous countdown type of deal, with the seconds
> included. For example, the (digital) watch I wear
> most often tends to run fast, picking up an extra 15 -
> 20 seconds within just 2 or 3 weeks. I like to be
> able to reset it -- to the second -- wherever I happen
> to be. The TIME recording was great for that.
>
>
> Jordan
>
>
>

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