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johnsoax · 05-29-2003, 11:56 AM

Here is the email exchange that I have gotten from the Weatherchannel

Original Message
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The channel doesn't seem to have been updated since April 24th. Is this
going to be updated in the future, or are you discontinueing the
service?

Replay to Original Message
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Hello,

Thank you for contacting The Weather Channel and weather.com!

I'm very sorry to tell you that as of April 1, 2003 - - The Weather
Channel was removed from the AvantGo platform. Due to incompatible
business models, our contract was not renewed and we were removed from
the platform.

We would appreciate you letting AvantGo know that you liked our weather
application and would like to see us back on their platform. If enough
AvantGo customers complain, perhaps we could be a part of their platform
in the future.

We do have other PDA partners that offer our weather. The services are
slightly different from what we offered on AvantGo, but, pretty
exciting. Please visit our Web site for more details
at:http://www.weather.com/services/pda/index.html

Your interest in weather.com is greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Wireless Weather Support Team
The Weather Channel/weather.com
Live By It!
5/7/03

My Reply Follows:
-------------------------

Well the channel that I used with Plucker stopped updating on your
webpage
on April 24th. The link is here.
http://wireless.weather.com/avantgo/...dway_arpt.html Why
did
you stop updateing this?

Their Reply
-----------------

Hello Mr. Johnson,

Interesting. I've never heard of Plucker. I don't know what that
is....At any rate - if you look at the URL you were accessing - - you
can see that was an AvantGo URL.

Again, we discontinued our relationship with AvantGo as of April 1,
2003. If Plucker was some offshoot of AvantGo - - then that is probably
why that no longer works as well.

We do not have an agreement with any company or device called Plucker -
-so actually - - Plucker has no rights to redistribute our weather.

Again, you can still get our weather on your PDA via our other PDA
partners. Please visit the URL I gave you for those details. But
otherwise, you cannot get information via Avantgo anymore.

Thanks!

Sincerely,

Wireless Weather Support Team
The Weather Channel/weather.com
Live By It!
5/9/03

To which I replied
---------------------------------

Plucker is an open source web parser, it downloads webpages into a file so that you can then read them on your Palm. www.plkr.org When there is a mobile channel for AvantGo it is easier to grab it than try to wade through an ad laden webpage.

And I havn't gotten a response.

I've tried Accuweather, but it won't write the output file and doesn't give me any errors.

05-29-2003, 11:56 AM	#11
johnsoax Connoisseur Posts: 65 Karma: 2418 Join Date: Feb 2003 Device: TT3(Home)&Dell x50(Work)	Here is the email exchange that I have gotten from the Weatherchannel Original Message ------------------------- The channel doesn't seem to have been updated since April 24th. Is this going to be updated in the future, or are you discontinueing the service? Replay to Original Message ---------------------------------- Hello, Thank you for contacting The Weather Channel and weather.com! I'm very sorry to tell you that as of April 1, 2003 - - The Weather Channel was removed from the AvantGo platform. Due to incompatible business models, our contract was not renewed and we were removed from the platform. We would appreciate you letting AvantGo know that you liked our weather application and would like to see us back on their platform. If enough AvantGo customers complain, perhaps we could be a part of their platform in the future. We do have other PDA partners that offer our weather. The services are slightly different from what we offered on AvantGo, but, pretty exciting. Please visit our Web site for more details at:http://www.weather.com/services/pda/index.html Your interest in weather.com is greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Wireless Weather Support Team The Weather Channel/weather.com Live By It! 5/7/03 My Reply Follows: ------------------------- Well the channel that I used with Plucker stopped updating on your webpage on April 24th. The link is here. http://wireless.weather.com/avantgo/...dway_arpt.html Why did you stop updateing this? Their Reply ----------------- Hello Mr. Johnson, Interesting. I've never heard of Plucker. I don't know what that is....At any rate - if you look at the URL you were accessing - - you can see that was an AvantGo URL. Again, we discontinued our relationship with AvantGo as of April 1, 2003. If Plucker was some offshoot of AvantGo - - then that is probably why that no longer works as well. We do not have an agreement with any company or device called Plucker - -so actually - - Plucker has no rights to redistribute our weather. Again, you can still get our weather on your PDA via our other PDA partners. Please visit the URL I gave you for those details. But otherwise, you cannot get information via Avantgo anymore. Thanks! Sincerely, Wireless Weather Support Team The Weather Channel/weather.com Live By It! 5/9/03 To which I replied --------------------------------- Plucker is an open source web parser, it downloads webpages into a file so that you can then read them on your Palm. www.plkr.org When there is a mobile channel for AvantGo it is easier to grab it than try to wade through an ad laden webpage. And I havn't gotten a response. I've tried Accuweather, but it won't write the output file and doesn't give me any errors.