Comment 3 for bug 104525

I agree that ntp should be setup by default, but but one has to keep in mind setups that are not connected and offer a sensible fall back.
The first thing I do when I install ubuntu is install ntp nad add eu.pool.ntp.og as my default server.

But this can be probably arranged (in the shot term?) without updating the package by having ntp.ubuntu.com set up as an alias to ubuntu.vendor.pool.org.
It would also be nice to have region specific settings (eu.ntp.ubuntu.com etc ..) that are chosen automatically when you chose your time zone.
as it would help load distribution. AFAIK pool.ntp.org does not use geolocation to try and provide severs closer to you.

The only problem with pool.ntp.org is the severe lack of ntp servers in Africa (just 1 as i write :-( )

Philip