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It is. Sonic in northern California. More places soon, but scaling out physical infrastructure build has its own learning curve and often larger lead times. :)

benguillet 5y ago
Please come to the Peninsula (with fiber, Millbrae). Tired of my only options being Comcast or VDSL at max 20mbps :/
- kbenson 5y ago
  I'm not sure the exact areas we're building and planning, but it's possible we're coming soon. As I understand it we hit most of the low hanging fruit in the bay area already (above ground infra, aka poles), so we're trying to use advancements in trenching and hitting some slightly less dense areas than we previously targeted to be able to serve new areas at the price point we've set.
404mm 5y ago
Dang! Good for you guys!! I’m in TX and ATT+Frontier have a firm grab on the infrastructure here. Charter is trying but still cannot compete with symmetric fiber.
- kbenson 5y ago
  I'm not sure, but I get the feeling that independent ISPs are having a bit of a resurgence, so maybe you'll be lucky and someone will look to serve your area. Or you can try it yourself. :) I imagine it's easier now than it used to be to find some areas with good beauty and above ground infra (poles) that have space, and make a business plan and point at others that are doing it successfully as justification. Or maybe we'll be there in a few years. At the rate we want to expand it's not impossible. :)
davidcsally 5y ago
Just got hooked up in Oakland and loving it! Paying $70 less per month vs Comcast
- alsetmusic 5y ago
  Same. About six months ago I started see Sonic trucks all over the neighborhood, five or six at a time covering multiple blocks. I asked if they were installing Fiber and was told no. Not much later, a sales rep knocked on my door. I said yes to the service before he could even greet me. It's been great.
- strbean 5y ago
  I was in Dogtown a year ago, but Sonic was just reselling AT&T to our address :( Still very worthwhile to not have to talk to a Telco, but I had to rent + use AT&Ts garbage router because it did some proprietary negotiation step (With the ONT? There was a blog post where someone reverse engineered what was happening). Now I'm in a smaller city and Sonic claims they have plans for us some day. For the time being, it's the Comcast nightmare. Edit: and AT&T fiber was asymmetrical. Disappoint.
  - kbenson 5y ago
    I'm in the same boat. I work there and can only get the resold AT&T service because my neighborhood was built pre-wired for only Comcast and AT&T, making it hard to service. Still, like you noted, not having to deal with AT&T is a great selling point to a lot of people, and we're known for good support, so I'd like to think we're providing as good a service as those people can get until we build out our network in their area. We have aggressive plans for the future, so I hope we're in your area sooner than later. :)

benguillet 5y ago

Please come to the Peninsula (with fiber, Millbrae). Tired of my only options being Comcast or VDSL at max 20mbps :/

kbenson 5y ago
I'm not sure the exact areas we're building and planning, but it's possible we're coming soon. As I understand it we hit most of the low hanging fruit in the bay area already (above ground infra, aka poles), so we're trying to use advancements in trenching and hitting some slightly less dense areas than we previously targeted to be able to serve new areas at the price point we've set.

404mm 5y ago

Dang! Good for you guys!! I’m in TX and ATT+Frontier have a firm grab on the infrastructure here. Charter is trying but still cannot compete with symmetric fiber.

kbenson 5y ago
I'm not sure, but I get the feeling that independent ISPs are having a bit of a resurgence, so maybe you'll be lucky and someone will look to serve your area. Or you can try it yourself. :) I imagine it's easier now than it used to be to find some areas with good beauty and above ground infra (poles) that have space, and make a business plan and point at others that are doing it successfully as justification. Or maybe we'll be there in a few years. At the rate we want to expand it's not impossible. :)

davidcsally 5y ago

Just got hooked up in Oakland and loving it! Paying $70 less per month vs Comcast

alsetmusic 5y ago
Same. About six months ago I started see Sonic trucks all over the neighborhood, five or six at a time covering multiple blocks. I asked if they were installing Fiber and was told no. Not much later, a sales rep knocked on my door. I said yes to the service before he could even greet me. It's been great.
strbean 5y ago
I was in Dogtown a year ago, but Sonic was just reselling AT&T to our address :( Still very worthwhile to not have to talk to a Telco, but I had to rent + use AT&Ts garbage router because it did some proprietary negotiation step (With the ONT? There was a blog post where someone reverse engineered what was happening). Now I'm in a smaller city and Sonic claims they have plans for us some day. For the time being, it's the Comcast nightmare. Edit: and AT&T fiber was asymmetrical. Disappoint.
- kbenson 5y ago
  I'm in the same boat. I work there and can only get the resold AT&T service because my neighborhood was built pre-wired for only Comcast and AT&T, making it hard to service. Still, like you noted, not having to deal with AT&T is a great selling point to a lot of people, and we're known for good support, so I'd like to think we're providing as good a service as those people can get until we build out our network in their area. We have aggressive plans for the future, so I hope we're in your area sooner than later. :)