I wonder if turning off RapidFire for the present time would make any difference
I think if 90% of us just stopped uploading to WU, their servers could probably handle things. I may have under estimated that percentage, of course... Maybe things will improve when Spring arrives and the interweb pipes thaw? It's nice that Davis seems to get some direct responses from WU. Apparently, there are still some at WU who answer inquiries. I'm fairly sure the folks at WU know they are reaching the point of losing the volunteer uploading group. The question is, do they have restoration of that service as any kind of priority? I suspect that they are breaking down/fine tuning their 'eyeball' counting algorithm and don't see us as worth the effort to increase profits. I think many companies are finding it difficult to make money via "web services" not directly involving retail sales.
I wrote about this over on Wxforum, you get the short version.
I am guessing that WU is moving to a cheaper costing server. Probably Amazon or something like that. in the process they screwed up the incoming feed. Have you ever moved to a new server, the school district I taught would do this, not during summer break, but right in the middle of the year, around grade time.
Bloomsky last fall decided to move everything over to the Amazon Cloud. things were screwed up and a lot of folks were pissed for lack of a kinder word. Bloomsky units are internet based, no way to look at a console directly, their wireless information goes either through a dongle or wirelessly to their server, then it is sent back either to their online map or to an app. If the server craps out, everyone is off line. Not a good system.
those of us who have good stations do not worry about this stuff because we can look at the console or software and be happy.
If you want to tell WU that you no longer are going to send them data, and cost them big buck loss and loss of readership etc, they will wish you well on your new pathway.
I am going to be light the flasher. You know the story about the flasher, he was tired of flashing people. He was tired of wearing that trench coat in hot weather and sweating, and in winter freezing . After some thought he decided to stick it out a bit longer.