In a press release dated 7/16/09, ABC’s television show Extreme Makeover Home Edition announced its plans to surprise one lucky Miami Valley family with a complete home remodel.

Donet was approached to be a sponsor for this worthy cause, and readily accepted the invitation.

You can view all the details, including the remodel location, show dates, etc. at the website Donet is currently providing as a sponsor for Extreme Makeover:

http://www.extremecoventryhome.com/

Donet has always supported local community events, and this exciting event is no exception.

Today we’re introducing the Donet blog, http://blog.donet.com as a new way for you to stay current with Donet when it comes to maintenance announcements, data center status updates, and our latest thoughts about emerging technologies and trends.

DONet will be applying patches to all systems affected by this vulnerability (including systems we manage on behalf of our customers) Thursday night, July 10, around midnight EST. DNS services may be briefly interrupted, and managed Windows servers that require an update will need to be rebooted. We advise our customers who think they may be affected by this vulnerability to patch their DNS systems as well.

If you have any questions about this issue please feel free to contact us at support@donet.com.

Congratulations, James!

Congratulations, Jason!

Dayton-area businesses can now get more very high-speed bandwidth at an affordable price point with Ethernet Express.

Ethernet Express may be the first application of its kind in the country and uses traditional copper lines bonded together to provide much higher speeds and reliability. Service installation normally takes between one and two weeks. Though Ethernet Express is only available in areas with existing broadband coverage, higher speeds are now available to fill the gap in higher commercial broadband speeds without the significant costs.

Mike Bartz, a Senior Network Engineer at DONet, describes Ethernet Express as a simple application of Multilink PPP, commonly used to bond T1 services, applied to widely available ADSL services. Bonding has been available for other types of DSL, but has only been marketed with ADSL in Europe. DONet is using Cisco routers to provision Ethernet Express and can combine multiple types of services to support higher upstream speeds and full duplex features for heavier VoIP and VPN environments.

“We are researching a 25mbps service using the current technology,” says Leigh Sandy, DONet’s Vice President and co-founder. “Our network engineers have some ideas that could provide speeds up to 100mpbs full duplex using innovations on newer broadband technologies and readily available equipment.” The technology could be provided to areas outside our region and licensed to service providers outside Ohio.

Our region has a long tradition of innovation. The demand for broadband is not being met by the national carriers and calls for innovation from within our local community. One local carrier, DONet, also has a tradition of innovation ever since first offering Internet services to the region over 13 years ago. DONet was one of the first service providers in the country offering virus scanning and spam filtering for their customers. DONet was also one of the first service providers in the region to offer bonded dialup services before cable and DSL were commonly available. Now DONet has developed a broadband innovation, branded Ethernet Express, that provides Ethernet speeds of 10mbps to 20mbps at a cost well below current fiber options.

The Network Administrators will be upgrading one of our main Cisco access routers. This is being done to improve performance and reliability. This will cause temporary disruptions to all Ethernet Express and DSL services. At the same time, T1 services for all areas except for Kettering and Springfield will also be affected. DSL customers may have to reboot their router/modem once the upgrades are finished.

All maintenance is being performed to improve our services to our customers and to prevent unscheduled outage events. DONet regrets any inconvenience our maintenance activities may cause to our customers. Should you have any questions please contact our Technical Support Team at 937-226-6896 or support@donet.com.

Our Windows and Unix Systems Administrators will be applying system updates on many of our shared and managed servers. We will also be upgrading our billing system software, which will affect our billing and account management web portal. Service interruptions are expected to be brief, and will likely go unnoticed, but some minor interruptions may occur.

All DONet maintenance windows are conducted to improve our services to our customers, and to prevent unscheduled outage events. DONet regrets any inconvenience our maintenance activities may cause to our customers. If you have any questions please contact our Technical Support Team at 937-226-6896 or support@donet.com.

Our Windows and Unix Systems Administrators will be applying system updates on many of our shared and managed servers. Service interruptions are expected to be brief, and will likely go unnoticed, but some minor interruptions may occur.

All DONet maintenance windows are conducted to improve our services to our customers, and to prevent unscheduled outage events. DONet regrets any inconvenience our maintenance activities may cause to our customers. Should you have any questions please contact our Technical Support Team at 937-226-6896 or support@donet.com.

Our Windows and Unix Systems Administrators will be applying system updates on many of our shared and managed servers. Service interruptions are expected to be brief, and will likely go unnoticed, but some minor interruptions may occur.

All DONet maintenance windows are conducted to improve our services to our customers, and to prevent unscheduled outage events. DONet regrets any inconvenience our maintenance activities may cause to our customers. Should you have any questions please contact our Technical Support Team at 937-226-6896 or support@donet.com.