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

[Tony Godshall]

More compatible for rural population densities, really, but now being
delivered!  And more satellites going up every week albeit there's
occasionally a mishap and satellites don't go up, like the recent
solar flare that kept 20 satellites from climbing out of atmospheric
drag into proper orbit.

Cells are pretty large, though, Tehachapi/Mojave is apparently in the
same cell as Los Angeles.

On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 6:47 PM Tony Godshall <togo at of.net> wrote:
>
> 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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