Check this out...keep this in mind if you see
anything wonky over the next 3 weeks...
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NOUS72 KNCF 091714
ADMNCF
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ATTENTION: NOAAPORT/EXTERNAL CUSTOMERS
WHAT - SBN/NOAAPORT BANDWIDTH EXPANSION
DATE - AUGUST 08, 2011
NOTICE - 001
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FYI - EFFECTIVE AUGUST 5, 2011, THE AWIPS NCF HAS BEGUN THE
FINAL PHASE OF THE SBN BANDWIDTH UPGRADE FROM 10MB TO 30MB.
THIS MAINTENANCE WORK IS SCHEDULED TO LAST OVER A 14-21 DAY
PERIOD DURING WHICH THE BANDWIDTH FOR NOAAPORT/SBN WILL BE
INCREMENTED ON A DAILY CYCLE USING A PHASED APPROACH.
DURING THIS WORK, IF YOU ENCOUNTER ANY PROBLEMS OR ISSUES
WITH YOUR NOAAPORT/SBN RECEPTION, WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO
PLEASE REPORT THE PROBLEM TO THE NOAAPORT SUPPORT TEAM USING
THE EMAIL ADDRESS SHOWN BELOW.
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NWS.NOAAPORT.SUPPORT@xxxxxxxx
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ALL TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS AS WELL AS UPDATES FOR THIS
UPGRADE CAN BE FOUND ON THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE
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WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/NOAAPORT/HTML/NOAAPORT.SHTML
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IF A CRITICAL WEATHER DAY -CWD- IS ACTIVATED, ALL WORK WILL
BE PLACED ON HOLD PENDING TERMINATION OF THE CWD. YOUR
PATIENCE DURING THIS TIME IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.
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Gilbert Sebenste ********
(My opinions only!) ******
Staff Meteorologist, Northern Illinois University ****
E-mail: sebenste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ***
web: http://weather.admin.niu.edu **
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/NIU_Weather **
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/niu.weather *
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