[sf-lug] Sonic: Re: Inexpensive Internet provider in Brisbane?

[Tony Godshall]

They are all-in on fiber, which is great.

But if there's no fiber to the buildings in your area, they'll try to
sell you what they can sell you.  And that's old school DSL, at a way
worse value proposition.

Anybody on this list with actual Brisbane experience?  I used to point
people to BroadbandReports.com/DSLReports.com, but that site got a lot
less useful at some point.



On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 7:31 PM Michael Paoli
<Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>
> Sonic - from my research this past December, and at least for residential,
> if Sonic has fibre to the building, that's all that they'll offer for
> any new service.  No static IPv4, and other limitations on it ... but
> it has bandwidth.
> Sonic still does DSL, and I'm guestimating they'll offer it for new
> service if there's still no fibre to the building.  I didn't price it
> (there's fibre to my building), but I'm guessing the price is
> reasonable(ish?) for their DSL.  Not sure what restrictions it may
> have, but I've heard from a subscriber that one can get a static IPv4
> (and I'm guessing merely one with their base offering).
> I've heard slightly varying reports regarding to TCP port 25 on The
> Internet (might also vary a bit by context/service).
>
> > From: "Tony Godshall" <togo at of.net>
> > Subject: Re: [sf-lug] Inexpensive Internet provider in Brisbane?
> > Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 15:16:38 -0700
>
> > Sonic is not "mostly fiber now" in most places.  They are mostly fiber
> > in very few cities.  They are Mostly DSL in most cities.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 3:04 PM Alan Swithenbank
> > <alans at cuervo.stanford.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> I don't know how far down they go, but, I use Sonic (https://www.sonic.com/)
> >> out in the Sunset, and am pretty happy with them (mostly fiber now). Plans
> >> start around $40/month.
> >>
> >> Alan Swithenbank
> >>
> >> On Mon, 23 Mar 2020, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hi LUGers,
> >> >
> >> >     Mikki called me today and asked what inexpensive internet provider
> >> > might be a good idea for her to contact.
> >> >
> >> >     I will relay information to her by phone since she has no provider and
> >> > cannot read her email.
> >> >
> >> >     Bobbie Sellers
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > _______________________________________________
> >> > sf-lug mailing list
> >> > sf-lug at linuxmafia.com
> >> > http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/sf-lug
> >> > SF-LUG is at
> >> http://www.sf-lug.org/_______________________________________________
> >> sf-lug mailing list
> >> sf-lug at linuxmafia.com
> >> http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/sf-lug
> >> SF-LUG is at http://www.sf-lug.org/
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > --
> > Best Regards.
> > This is unedited.
> > This message came out of me
> > via a suboptimal keyboard.
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > sf-lug mailing list
> > sf-lug at linuxmafia.com
> > http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/sf-lug
> > SF-LUG is at http://www.sf-lug.org/
> >
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> sf-lug mailing list
> sf-lug at linuxmafia.com
> http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/sf-lug
> SF-LUG is at http://www.sf-lug.org/



-- 
--
Best Regards.
This is unedited.
This message came out of me
via a suboptimal keyboard.