Wired Up Downe: High Speed Internet for Downe Residents

Over the next few months I will be adding material to this Wired Up Downe section of the DDT website which will show Downe residents how we may be able to have inexpensive HIGH SPEED internet

I make no promises. But I will describe how we can do it.

Who I am and What I've done similar to this idea

But first, a little background on what I know about such things.

Many Downe residents aren't aware of my personal background in electronics and computers. I thought it would be helpful for everyone interested in HIGH SPEED Internet for Downe to realize that I have a long history in computers, radio and electronics in general.

I got my first amateur radio license at age 12. During my teens I built many projects related to talking to people all over the world. When I got to high school I became an engineer in our school FM station, WHHS. Our station was one of less than a dozen in the country located within a high school. I had to pass a rather extensive Federal Communications Commission examination to get the government license.

When in the service with the 82nd Airborne Division I was a radio operator and eventually became an instructor for operating and technical matters for the men in my unit. During my service years I communicated all over the world from my radio truck and a ham shack that I was allowed to set up in my barracks.

In the mid 1970s, I began building a computer from the basic components...integrated circuit chips, resistors and such. During the time I was working on the 8080A computer Apple computer began selling the Apple. I quickly embraced the Apple because it was much more powerful than what I was building.

From the Apple II and other early computers, such as the Sinclair, Commodore and Radio Shack TRS-80, I then got involved with the IBM computer and its clones. I also had various Apples such as the MacIntosh and the Apple III. Along the way I taught myself programming.