Recommended Products and Services.

The following are folks we have done business with who, we feel, have exceptional products, services and support.  We have no financial interest in these companies and receive no compensation for them appearing on our list.   This is not an endorsement to purchase from these folks, just that we have been pleased with them.  Not that we have all that legal stuff behind us... the list.

Davis Instruments http://www.davisnet.com		We have the Vantage Pro 2 system along with their Weather Envoy and the WeatherLink software.  It has been installed for the last year with very few problems and any questions or problems I did have were quickly answered by their support staff (call them, don't email).  Unless you want a high end piece of equipment that you are going to be using in Antarctica, this unit should be all you need.
Gibson Ridge Software http://www.grlevelx.com/		We have their Grlevel3 which is powerful real time radar presentation software.  Their is no annual fee to access the NWS NEXRAD radar data which this program displays magnificently.  They have included a smoothing option which takes the raw "blocky" radar data and represents in a more realistic manner.  There are also GIS capabilities which allow the user to view street level information along with the radar echoes.  You can see if that summer thunderstorm is hitting just down the street!
Allison House http://nexrad.allisonhouse.com/		Allison House does a number of things but we have used their NEXRAD radar data feed which works with the GRLevel3 software above.  Allison House gets the data to you quicker than the standard NWS feed as well as additional features such as showing the current CWOPS and METAR station reports, Local storm reports and SPC watches and warning all on top of your radar image.  This is a must have for users of GRLevel3 and has a very reasonable annual fee.
Verizon Wireless www.verizonwireless.com		We do not use the voice service of Verizon but are very pleased with their Broadband Access data service.  This is the service that allows laptop users to have "broadband" type speeds in just about every medium to large sized city (and suburbs).  We had another provider and we though we were doing good at 150 kbps until we saw a friend pulling in over 1000 kbps.  That day, I went down to Verizon and was up and running at broadband speeds in less than 30 minutes.  If you live away from a city, then this is not for you as the speed decrease significantly but if like the most of us, live near a population center, this will free you from your desk.  Somewhere on their web site is a list of cities covered with the broadband speeds.