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It's not quite that simple. Sonic focuses their fiber services only in areas that are most profitable to install fiber. As far as I know, they only install fib
by Apes 3y ago
It's not quite that simple.
Sonic focuses their fiber services only in areas that are most profitable to install fiber. As far as I know, they only install fiber on telephone poles that have free space, in areas that are high density. The cheapest install option for the highest possible revenue. I live right next to an area that has Sonic fiber, but there's no telephone poles, and an install would require an expensive underground installation. As a result, my area isn't even on their roadmap for future development.
If you're outside the areas covered by their fiber service, Sonic feels it's still perfect fine to charge $50/mo for a 50 mbps asymmetrical DSL connection.
- dcplaya 3y agoSonic announced expansion to my neighborhood 2 years ago with a status tracking page and everything! Status hasn't changed since the initial announcement 2 years ago...
- gessha 3y agoStupid idea, I know, but what do you think of Telephone-pole-as-a-service TPaaS What are the regulations in place for putting up telephone poles and what are the associated costs?
- koolba 3y agoFiber-to-the-curb has been a concept for decades. The last couple hundred feet would traditionally be completed with copper but short range wireless could easily fill that gap in 2024.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoThe costs include loss of service in every third major storm.
- crote 3y agoThis is already a thing in many countries! There is one company building and maintaining infrastructure, and anyone who wants to can provide a service on it for a fixed fee. I believe this is legally required for gas & electricity in Europe, and some of the privatized national phone companies here have similar obligations.
- simfree 3y agoThis is called pole attachment, and most pole owners offer this for tens of dollars a year per pole. No property owner wants additional poles put up, and it certainly won't be cheaper to buy and install a pole than just paying a few hundred dollars a decade to make it the pole owners problem.
- KerrAvon 3y agoSonic is phasing out their DSL offerings.