Fwd: Weather Service faces Internet bandwidth shortage, proposes limiting key data

[Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org>]

----- Forwarded message from Dave Farber <farber () gmail com> -----

> From: Dave Farber <farber () gmail com>
> Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 15:47:44 +0900
> Subject: [IP] Weather Service faces Internet bandwidth shortage, proposes limiting key data
>
> Weather Service faces Internet bandwidth shortage, proposes limiting key data
> The National Weather Service is proposing to place limits on accessing its
> life-saving weather data in a bid to fix Internet outages.
> By Jason Samenow and Andrew Freedman
>
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/12/09/nws-data-limits-internet-bandwidth/

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This seems like a problem that this group could solve rather rapidly with minimal
incremental expense.  It also seems like one that's very much worth solving.

---rsk