Received: from opus.hpl.hp.com by jr.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.24/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA070378941; Fri, 23 Jul 1999 15:29:01 -0700 Return-Path: <eaarmas@msg.pacbell.com-DeleteThis> Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.24/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA226538928; Fri, 23 Jul 1999 15:28:48 -0700 Received: from sbcsmtp2.ptss.com (sbcsmtp2.ptss.com [204.107.19.24]) by hplms26.hpl.hp.com (8.9.1a/HPL-PA Relay) with ESMTP id PAA12228 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Fri, 23 Jul 1999 15:28:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail2.pacbell.com (mail2.PacBell.COM [129.245.2.18]) by sbcsmtp2.ptss.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA16591 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Fri, 23 Jul 1999 15:14:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msgnorth98.ffcrc.pacbell.com .(msgnorth98.ffcrc.PacBell.COM [150.234.34.70]) by mail2.PacBell.COM (8.8.5/8.8.5-pb990306) with ESMTP id PAA14110 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Fri, 23 Jul 1999 15:18:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by msgnorth98.ffcrc.PacBell.COM with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id <PJYPMB72>; Fri, 23 Jul 1999 15:17:51 -0700 Message-Id: <11901E11CF13D311B91A0008C7A4F99C099461@msgnorth17.ffcrc.PacBell.COM-DeleteThis> From: "ARMAS, EARL (PTSS)" <eaarmas@msg.pacbell.com-DeleteThis> To: "'wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis'" <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Subject: RE: Why are the reports useless? Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 15:17:46 -0700 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"
I am happy with the current amount of information on the
web for the price I pay ($7.00). My decision making process
for renewal will vary depending on the price increase as well
as the type of data I get with the added cost...
E
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David St. John [mailto:david@windcall.com-DeleteThis]
> Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 2:37 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: RE: Why are the reports useless?
>
>
> > How about on the web? Would the costs increase there too?
>
> Yes it would, because the cost increase is in getting the
> data from the
> windtalker to the central server (paging and/or web, the cost
> is the same).
>
> -david
>
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David St. John [mailto:david@windcall.com-DeleteThis]
> > Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 1:30 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject: RE: Why are the reports useless?
> >
> >
> > > How about having COTW always report the wind, even when
> it is below
> > > threshold. Sometimes, a light breeze, or the right
> temperature is a good
> > > indicator that it will blow later in the day.
> >
> > That's something we'd like to have too. The only way to do
> this is to
> > actually lower the threshold on the windtalkers, which
> would drastically
> > increase the number of messages sent, and would increase
> our costs (and
> > therefore the rates we'd have to charge) considerably. The
> good news is
> > that our next-generation sensor will use a different transmission
> > technology
> > and will allow us to hopefully set the thresholds at 0 mph
> for all sites.
> > --
> > David St. John
> > Call of the Wind
> > http://www.windcall.com/
> >
>
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