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“It is not clear why the NWS is considering these harmful bandwidth restrictions given the massive scalability of content delivery network (CDN) technology, clo
by ip26 6y ago
“It is not clear why the NWS is considering these harmful bandwidth restrictions given the massive scalability of content delivery network (CDN) technology, cloud infrastructure and other technology solutions that are currently available,” AccuWeather’s Porter said. “It’s truly unfortunate that the NWS apparently does not recognize that this proposal is 100 percent contrary to its mission and its obligation to the American people.”
Meanwhile, AccuWeather's old CEO has been working hard to slash the budget of the NWS https://weather.com/science/news/2018-02-13-trump-national-weather-service-budget-cut-jobs https://weather.com/science/news/2018-02-13-trump-national-w...
- eli 6y agoAccuweather is a bitter and aggressive private competitor of the NWS and their comments should be framed as such.