Low cost telefax weather

[franksingleton]

A new low cost service has been started using telephone fax. This is provided by weatherweb.net (formerly WCS), the UK private weather firm, http://www.weatherweb.net/uksail.htm. The fax service is sponsored in part by the RNLI. weatherweb.net uses basic data from recognised National weather services including the Met Office. There is also a "talk to a forecaster service" on 09061 991 189.
The fax service is on 0871 504 6886 (calls cost 10p minute).

Codes for area numbers are at http://www.weatherweb.net/sailingfaxcodes.htm




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[Birdseye]

Do they send it through at the max sped possible, or do they deliberately slow it down to increase the charge out rate as the Met office admitted they did?

<hr width=100% size=1>this post is a personal opinion, and you should not base your actions on it.

 

[franksingleton]

It is not slow. It is a service sponsored to a small extent (a few p a call) by the RNLI. Weatherweb is trying to get it off the ground at a low price (and low profit) to attract advertisers as the main source of funding rather than you and me.

<hr width=100% size=1>Frank