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 AA099503258; Fri, 23 Jul 1999 16:40:58 -0700 Return-Path: <david@windcall.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 AA275733246; Fri, 23 Jul 1999 16:40:46 -0700 Received: from reporter.windcall.com (reporter.windcall.com [208.2.178.130]) by hplms26.hpl.hp.com (8.9.1a/HPL-PA Relay) with ESMTP id QAA15285 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Fri, 23 Jul 1999 16:40:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pokey (pokey.windcall.com [206.55.225.82]) by reporter.windcall.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id QAA27851 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Fri, 23 Jul 1999 16:34:03 -0700 From: "David St. John" <david@windcall.com-DeleteThis> To: <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Subject: RE: Can the reports be improved? Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 16:38:08 -0700 Message-Id: <00ad01bed564$6b33b7f0$52e137ce@pokey.windcall.com-DeleteThis> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-Msmail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 Importance: Normal X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 In-Reply-To: <37801DCF8DF6D111AA3800A0C9B3CCB7A396D5@hqexchange>
Earl and Jeremy and others who feel the same: Thanks and don't worry! We
have no plans to raise the price of service, even as we add new information.
-- David St. John Call of the Wind http://www.windcall.com/> -----Original Message----- > From: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis [mailto:wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis]On > Behalf Of Jeremy Shaw > Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 4:28 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: RE: Can the reports be improved? > > > I'm also happy with the amount of info in the current reports. I hope all > the new information being proposed won't obfuscate the existing data! > > Thanks for a great service! > > jeremy. > > -----Original Message----- > From: ARMAS, EARL (PTSS) [mailto:eaarmas@msg.pacbell.com-DeleteThis] > Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 3:35 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: RE: Why are the reports useless? > > > 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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