[OSM-talk] US to spend $8bn upgrading GPS constellation

[Lester Caine]

John Smith wrote:
> On 26 May 2010 23:01, Maarten Deen<mdeen at xs4all.nl>  wrote:
>> I would assume that implementing NTP in software is cheaper. ATMs are
>> wired into a bank's network. And do you really need hundreths of a second
>> accuracy for an ATM transaction?
>> And how about ATMs that are indoors and can't get a lock?
>
> I doubt individual ATMs sync from GPS, but the banking network as a
> whole probably syncs from GPS.

Well given the number of ATM's being ripped out of their 'hole' I would not be 
suprised to find that they have tracking devices fitted, and while it would be 
easy to cover the 'loot' over, the thefts I've seen around here would not have 
had any problem 'radioing home' ;)

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