Dish has already assembled a weather station integrity department. They will be looking for their subs that have installed an unauthorized weather station - one that isn't Dish's. 
Echostar patents putting a weather station on subscriber roofs
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If you pay Dish for their service and equipment to watch tv, Dish should pay you for the use your roof, or where ever their weather station is located. And they should pay you because the information gathered has to be sent back to Dish, so you should be paid for landline or broadband used to send the weather information.
More information data like Nielson. I think the weather station idea is a good one though. There are plenty enough Dish subscribers out there to get results from all over the place. They can make the lnb's in bulk enough to make it standard not adding much to the cost. The data could be sent over and powered over the coax. Makes me wonder what other things they could implement at the lnb/dish with power and data being sent over the coax.
They'd better be careful. Apple might get wind of it and decide to pretend they invented that too!
I just don't see how Charlie can even try to Celsius this to us. It might be nice were it a free-zing night to know when the LNB is going South. I know when it's cold I like the warmer climes. But seriously it sounds like it could be a good thing. I have a weather station I need to install once I figure out where I can mount it.
I thought Egypt was in the Middle East. When did it arrive in Arkansas????
I actually researched this, as in Wiki'd, and there is an Egypt in Arkansas. I don't know if it's Best Friend or not!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt,_Arkansas
I thought Egypt was in the Middle East. When did it arrive in Arkansas????
Right after the Big One hit.
And San Francisco is now a suburb of Atlantis!
Having the weather station mounted on the roof is one thing, what if the weather station is mounted on the side of a building? If my station is mounted on the wall on the north side of my house, and the rain is coming from the south, how accurate will the rain gauge readings be? Or the wind is out of the east, what affects will the wind going around the house have on the weather station and how accurate will the wind speeds be? Temp readings may be off because the location is shaded or the heat is being reflected off the wall. Temp readings may say XX degrees when it is really YY degrees.
thats what i was thinking. i can see dish giving it to customers for free. but, i see dish charging an installation fee and maybe a fee for it each month.
I think itll eventually be used to get rid of weather channel. They can call it hopper doppler. The info will be collected and mapped and then sold to google. No way will I be payin for that. Thge buyer of the info should and then there is charlies new revenue stream.
No way will I be payin for that. Thge buyer of the info should and then there is charlies new revenue stream.Not interested unless Dish wants to pay me for using bandwidth in order to transmit the wx data they collect....
My sources say $15 just so you have another thing to gripe about with Dish.
I seriously doubt there will be a charge. I think they'll gather the data to produce the "hyperlocal" reports.
"Revenue generating" doesn't necessarily mean from the subscriber.
"Revenue generating" doesn't necessarily mean from the subscriber.
After reading it again, I've changed my mind. I think they'll try to charge the subscriber, use the data themselves, and sell it to other organizations as well.
I don't think I need a weather station on my roof. A neighbor has one, and I can access it online. If only I remember how.
I don't think I need a weather station on my roof. A neighbor has one, and I can access it online. If only I remember how.
Well we have a CHINA, Texas. Looks like we are all a little international in our town naming.I actually researched this, as in Wiki'd, and there is an Egypt in Arkansas. I don't know if it's Best Friend or not!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt,_Arkansas
