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

[Bobbie Sellers]

     Hi LUGers,
         I got the phone numbers of Sonic and Monkey brains suggested
by so many and called Mikki this afternoon to pass it on.

     Thanks for the information,
     To all who replied.

     I am having a bit of a problem again getting posts to the
mailing lists so I have to answer a post to be seen apparently.

     No problems presently with Usenet but not everyone on line is my pal.
     Again thank to everyone who posted.

     Bobbie Sellers


On 3/24/20 10:13 AM, Todd Hawley 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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