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

[Todd Hawley]

It appears from looking at their coverage map that MonkeyBrains offers
service in Brisbane.
That might be an alternative if Sonic doesn't pan out.

-th

On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 9:41 AM aaronco36 <aaronco36 at sdf.org> wrote:

> Quoting Michael Paoli <Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu> :
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 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.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> 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 :
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
> 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.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
>
>
> 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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