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Donet uses old-school technology to provide high-speed Internet; save businesses thousands

Posted on December 8, 2010 by David Mezera0 Comments

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Donet uses old-school technology to provide high-speed Internet; save businesses thousands
September 26, 2010

Dayton, OH — Donet, a Dayton IT service company, has developed a method to provide high-speed Internet to business customers over their existing copper telephone wire. Using existing phone lines saves businesses the thousands of dollars it typically takes to run fiber-optic lines into a building.

“Nobody else is doing this in Dayton,” says David Mezera, president of Donet. “We can get speeds of 50 megabytes per second using existing copper telephone wire and get it up and running very quickly.”

The key to providing the new service is having access to the copper telephone lines. Because Donet recently became a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC), it now has direct access to the local telephone network. But rather than sell telephone services, Donet is using the copper wire used to carry phone signals to provide lower-cost, high-speed Internet access for Dayton businesses. According to the Ohio Public Utilities Commission Web site, there are 36 CLECs in Ohio but Donet is the only one located in Dayton.

“If you don’t already have fiber in your building, it will cost you to have it installed,” says Mezera. “You have to pay to get it into your building and that can be a big project. But the copper we use is already there. It’s using old-school technology in a new way to save money.”

Mezera and Donet co-founder Leigh Sandy have always been innovators. Before founding Donet, Mezera conducted research to improve the realism of air combat simulators, and commanded critical Defense Department communication satellites in support of US ground and air forces during Operation Desert Storm. Sandy was a computer engineer for the Air Force, specializing in artificial intelligence. Now they’re using their technical expertise to help Dayton-area businesses run better and save money. In addition to high-speed Internet, Donet provides data center co-location, cloud computing and VMware. While most of their clients are in the Dayton region, Donet serves customers from New York to California, and even Australia.

“Because we’re running our own business, we know how important it is to find new ways to do things — ways that save money while accomplishing business goals,” says Mezera, “High-speed Internet over copper wire is one way to do that. And what business owner wouldn’t want to save money?”

David Mezera can be reached at david@donet.com or (937) 610-3510.

ABOUT DONET
Founded in 1995, Donet is a Dayton-based IT services company. In it’s early days, Donet’s primary service was providing dial-up Internet service to the Dayton, Ohio community. The firm’s two partners bootstrapped the company with $25,000 in private capital and built a company that is recognized as a leader in Internet technology and IT services. Donet has attracted national clients while maintaining significant local market penetration.

Today Donet provides data center management, cloud computing, VMware, virtual machines, disaster recovery, co-location as well as high-speed Internet access. They’re also a Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) which enables them to provide fiber-like speeds over copper wire into Dayton-area business at very affordable rates.

See www.donet.com

ABOUT DAVID MEZERA
David Mezera is the founder and president of Donet, a Dayton-based IT services company founded in 1995. Mezera’s background includes large-scale technology implementations at two Air Force bases and research to improve the realism and capabilities of autonomous air combat simulators through the use of machine learning techniques. He also commanded critical Defense Department communication satellites in support of US ground and air forces, providing 80 percent of the communications for Operation Desert Storm.

Mezera has a Masters of Science in Computer Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology, focusing on artificial intelligence. He also has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from The Ohio State University.

See www.linkedin.com/in/davidmezera