# CN pool collapse a few hours every day

**URL:** <https://community.ntppool.org/t/cn-pool-collapse-a-few-hours-every-day/3225>\
**Category:** Server operators\
**Created:** [February 5, 2024, 11:33am UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/cn-pool-collapse-a-few-hours-every-day/3225 "2024-02-05T11:33:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Coelacanthus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.ntppool.org/coelacanthus/32/1595_2.png) [@Coelacanthus](https://community.ntppool.org/u/Coelacanthus)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2024, 11:06am UTC](https://community.ntppool.org/t/cn-pool-collapse-a-few-hours-every-day/3225/23 "2024-02-11T11:06:09Z")

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> [@PoolMUC](#):
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> Ok, that is a big difference to other zones, which do not rely on a few big servers, but where there are hundreds of small servers as well which have no issue operating in the pool without getting overloaded. This reliance on a few big servers, and the instability it causes if one of them temporarily drops out for whatever reason, suggest that that situation is not a healthy one.

Here are a few reasons why:

1. China’s laws and operators stipulate that home networks cannot be used for public services, so if we want to set up an NTP server in mainland China, we have to buy either a VPS or a commercial network.
2. Because of our policy of subsidizing home network rates with commercial network rates, commercial network rates are extremely high.
3. So it is basically impractical for an individual to buy a commercial network.
4. And if you buy a VPS, the traffic/bandwidth costs are extremely high.

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