[ARC5] auction time linked to what timeing source?

[Ian Wilson]

The expensive sniping services (and for all I know, the cheap
ones too) have T1 connections and do the bidding for you. So they
can get the timing right within milliseconds. You are correct about
the typical person's connection, of course.

73, ian K3IMW

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 8:44 PM, J. Forster <jfor at quik.com> wrote:

> While this discussion is interesting in the abstract, it really won't help
> you snipe very much because of the variable propogation time through the
> myriad of computers between your keystroke and eBay's bid handling
> machine. I've seen variations from almost zero to well over 10 seconds...
> far more than enough to make effective sniping impossible.
>
> FWIW,
>
> -John
>
> ============
>
>
>
> >
> > On Feb 11, 2010, at 9:10 PM, jcoward5452 at aol.com wrote:
> > ...
> >> However,no one has actually answered my question.To what time source
> >> is the auction place linked to?
> >
> > I feel it's safe to say that none of us knows.  eBay seems to run on
> > its own rules and has a fair degree of brick-wall character for us
> > outside.  Maybe someone knows a tech person inside the company who
> > could find out for us, but that seems unlikely
> >
> > I have just used their "Geit in touch with us" web page and asked how
> > they determine their official time. I'm willing to bet I won't get a
> > satisfactory answer.
> >
> > Roy
> >
> >
> > Roy Morgan
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