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

[Tony Godshall]

Or you could get your internet from space soon.

https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-starlink-fcc-permit-consumer-internet/



On Tue, Mar 24, 2020, 2:51 PM Tony Godshall <togo at of.net> wrote:

> MonkeyBrains works great for us, except for the times the
> windowwashers on the building down the hill knocked their equipment
> off.
>
> Much better than Comcast, 30% cheaper for the same downstream
> bandwidth, and symmetrical upstream.
>
> Of course if we could get fiber in our building, I'd go for that.
>
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 12:03 PM maestro <maestro415 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > WE had a very shitty experience with 'monkey brains' and would very
> strongly recommend against giving them
> > a penny and/or any validation.
> > Crap customer service, subcontracting to installers/maintenance who
> 'claim' to have 0 info when on-site [not their fault in our cases].
> > Subcontractors tell them things are needed and they totally ignore them.
> > People with accounts call them and no one answers the phone(s) and don't
> return calls.
> > Their customer service and wifi service was independently audited
> [non-public report] and received a complete fail in every aspect.
> > They say they're going to provide hardware to areas of properties then
> don't.
> > Their mission was [uncertain current locales] to kiss-ass to get into
> properties and get their hardware up on roofs then they turn rude,
> > non-responsive, unprofessional, and do a complete 180 with customer
> service.
> > Opt-out.
> >
> >
> > 'm......' >>>
> >
> >
> > message ends.
> > __________________
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 10:15 AM Todd Hawley <celticdm at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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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