Or.. isn't this exactly what we had "Internet2" for in the first place?

Universities used to host a LOT of stuff. Can't they pick up some of the traffic again?

Offer data centers/hosting providers a tax incentive to help out?

I don't have all the answers, but "whatever Accuweather wants" is probably not the right decision.

I question the accuracy of this article. I'll have to poke around for notes from the I2 TechExtra a couple of months ago, but NOAA was there and talked about what they have in the works.

I am by no means an expert in this space, but this was my first thought as well.

A government agency with bipartisan support and positive public image seems like a good entity for Cloudflare, Google, Amazon, Microsoft or someone else with infrastructure and bandwidth to be a white knight for.

The government isn't allowed to accept gifts to avoid the appearance of bribes. They can use a free service or offering but it has to be free for everyone