| Wow It's a shame this business model isn't imitated elsewhere. Imagine that, fair pricing and decent speeds. |
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 DestBoloPremium
join:2000-03-21
Naperville, IL | wow, good for them! but I do wonder how sustainable it is building out a POT network... should be better building out fiber? |
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 DaneJasperSonic.NetPremium,VIP
join:2001-08-20
Santa Rosa, CA
kudos:7 | 
Deployed COs as of 2010-09-02 |
said by Dest:wow, good for them! but I do wonder how sustainable it is building out a POT network... should be better building out fiber? Delivering next gen ADSL2+ (and in future VDSL2) over copper is a nice base hit. It allows for incremental improvement today, delivered to a large footprint at a low cost.
The idea going forward would be to later deploy fiber in the areas with highest customer density.
-Dane |
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 The LimitPremium
join:2007-09-25
Greensboro, NC
kudos:2 | Please come to our town. Your offering is amazing compared to Windstream, who is the only game in town.
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Please help those of us provisioned on RTs. I switched from Sonic.net to Comcast because I could not get "Fusion" at my location as I was provisioned off ATTs Remote Terminal.
I loved Sonic.net but could not justify the price considering I could get three times the speed from Comcast at the same price. |
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DaneJasperSonic.NetPremium,VIP
join:2001-08-20
Santa Rosa, CA
kudos:7 | said by Dan2112:Please help those of us provisioned on RTs. I switched from Sonic.net to Comcast because I could not get "Fusion" at my location as I was provisioned off ATTs Remote Terminal. I loved Sonic.net but could not justify the price considering I could get three times the speed from Comcast at the same price. Dan,
For now we are concentrating on deploying COs. Note the holes in the map - we're filling in those gaps now, plus expanding the edges. That's the near term realistic goal.
As for RTs, I think it'll make more sense to build FTTx instead and bypass deployment of electronics in the cabinet.
-Dane |
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DaneJasper,
Keep doing what you're doing, you and your SonicNet team will continue to grow and prosper. So many companies(in all of US business) are just cutting expenses, without thinking of the long term. (I still wonder why so many small telcos/providers are going FTTx, when the big boys don't want to. Waiting for Uncle Sam, or Moore's Law to pay off?)
You have the admiration of many for what you're doing. Just keep hitting them where they ain't. No telling where you will be in a few years. |
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DaneJasperSonic.NetPremium,VIP
join:2001-08-20
Santa Rosa, CA
kudos:7 | Thanks Bob for the encouragement!
-Dane |
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