Bandwidth issues at the National Weather Service could reshape how we use weather apps

guest · Dec 12, 2020

Bandwidth issues at the National Weather Service could reshape how we use weather apps
How we use weather apps might soon change for the worse
December 11, 2020
https://www.techspot.com/news/87924...bandwidth-restrictions-could-disrupt-how.html

Why it matters: The National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) is considering putting restrictions in place that would limit how often its websites could be accessed by the public. Ultimately, it could result in less accurate forecasts and delays in delivering severe weather warnings.

In a memo dated November 18 that largely flew under the radar until now, Brian Gross, acting director at NCEP, proposed new limits to safeguard their web services. According to Gross, the frequency at which the public is accessing its services has created infrastructure constraints and limitations.

“To add new or upgraded streams of data, there has to be a reduction in the number of connections into our system,” Gross added.
For example, one potential mitigation would lower the number of connections to 60 per minute for users accessing specific NCEP sites and services.
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That’s great, but what does all of it mean for you?
Many weather-focused sites and apps pull data from the NCEP to power their offerings. Limiting access by such “power users” could have a substantial impact on third parties’ ability to provide accurate and timely forecasts and severe weather warnings.
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EASTER · Dec 12, 2020

Bandwidth IS an ongoing issue as telecoms continue to be stingy and overuse available bandwidth our machines simply cannot handle with the pressing load. Websites anymore suck all the juice our machines require to load pages because of their lunacy of stuffing videos and other ADS that overtake content as it was intended to be used.

So this comes as no surprise to me. My own hi-speed exhibits age old 56K dial up speeds on too many occasions in order to satisfy silly stupid kids who suck it out with Netflix and that crappy bandwidth stealing facebook and others have

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