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Bob,

The ntp.3.4 distribution is basically a hopped-up version 1 implementation,
while the xntp distribution is version 2. I don't remember offhand who
is working on it, but I have had several enquiries on details of the
spec, some indicating keen scrutiny. 

I watch most of the stratum-1 critters from here and observe generally
stable behavior with a couple of tens of milliseconds. Sometimes one or
more of them drop to stratum 2 and sometimes they disappear for periods
to maybe an hour, but in general the behavior is not nearly as bad as
you report. But, then, I am not watching BARRNET hosts specifically.
Here on SURANET we experience typically a 3-percent drop rate, but that
does not materially affect NTP performance.

Dave