[time-nuts] Basic Stratum 1 question

[Hal Murray]

> In the telecommunications world, stratum refers to the holdover
> performance of an oscillator in the event of loss of synchronization.
> Stratum 1, Stratum 2, Stratum 3, and Stratum 4 are the most typical. A
> Stratum 1 clock has an accuracy of 1.0 x 10-11, Stratum 2 has an
> accuracy of 1.6 x 10-8, Stratum 3 has an accuracy of 4.6 x 10-6, and
> Stratum 4 has an accuracy of 3.2 x 10-5. 

That's frequency rather than time.  Right?

Isn't there also something about how long it has to be within the frequency spec?


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