2015-09-03

NWS to terminate FOS service! Is it the end of non-internet wire service?

US NWS has announced it will terminate FOS (Family of Services) on October 2 2015.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/dm-cgi-bin/chgshow.pl?fn=DM09-15.02.txt

It is quite surprising for me.  The deadline is so soon, but I guess NOAA has coordinated with their subscribers already, as the announcement mentions about funding from FOS customers.

FOS is going to be taken over by the Integrated Dissemination Project (IDP).   I don't know much detail about IDP's services for operational users in the private sector.  But it looks like there is going to be no land-line service other than Internet-based ones, looking at http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwws/dissemination.html

I really don't know more than that: any information is appreciated.

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