In the immortal words of Scott McGrath (mcgrath@fas.harvard.edu):
1 - Purchase a Cesium clock this is a Primary Time/Frequency standard which does not require access to a reference standard to maintain accuracy.
This is a Stratum 0 source so once placed behind a Unix/Cisco/Juniper box you have a stratum 1 source. This will cost you 30,000 -> 100,000 US per unit. The beam tube will require replacement approx every 5 years for about 20,000 US.
They only cost that much new-in-box. :) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2560947055&category=25399 -n ------------------------------------------------------------<memory@blank.org> "`For Shame' isn't history; it's a rant -- another in a seemingly endless parade of dumb books lamenting `the dumbing of America.'" (--David Futrelle) <http://blank.org/memory/>----------------------------------------------------