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> 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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