iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
 ·Comcast
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| reply to funchords
Re: ? Agreed that Sonic is a service-focused provider. However I'm not so sure about upstream costs bringing down the house; upload bandwidth comes symmetric with download b\w and some companies seem to get away with providing more than one megabit. In the areas where Sonic is deploying ADSL2+, backbone bandwidth is cheap enough, I think, that those costs shouldn't be an issue.
On the other hand, the technical constraints of ADSL2+ are ma much more likely culprit for low upload speeds. Again, Sonic could do much worse (512-896k on AT&T DSL, Embarq, Windstream, Qwest come to mind) so I'm not one to complain. Heck, if Sonic.net had ADSL2+ service in my area, I'd likely switch to the 10/1 tier. 18/1 is a little rich for my blood (and there's no additional upload speed due to the way the tech works) but I could see a heavy 'net user getting that package. Just not me.
I'd get a static IP package except that $25/month is a bit steep for that offering (at least for my applications) and DynDNS does the job on my current connection quite admirably. |
