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

[aaronco36]

Quoting Michael Paoli <Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu> :
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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.
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And directly from the 'Check Availability' quote from Sonic's Residential 
page https://www.sonic.com/residential using a pair of residential 
addresses in SF's Sunset District :
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One Service Available

RECOMMENDED
Internet + Home Phone
Your internet speed: 20 Mbps

'Your price'$40/MO
Save $10 for 12 months

Regular price: $50/mo
Get $10 off Sonic service for first 12 mos

Internet delivered over AT&T's network using one Fiber-to-the-Node data 
line, plus one home phone line.
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Would the 'Check Availability' probes revealing that Sonic could deliver 
Internet "over AT&T's network" mean that "there's still no fibre to the 
building" (as Michael P wrote above) for these particular Sunset District 
customers, that Sonic would have to rely upon AT&T's pre-existing 
"Fiber-to-the-Node" data line, and that therefore the quoted 20 Mbps 
Internet speed is that of lower-end DSL speeds, yes?

Please feel free to elaborate upon this :-)


((No, I did _not_ (yet) scope out Sonic's Internet service provisions in 
Brisbane or Daly City! ))

-A

aaronco36 at sdf.org
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