Telco Parrot Scott Cleland Hates Google Fiber → Re: IDIOT

I don't live in any of those places, but I am looking forward to the day that Sonic.net, LLC rolls out fiber in San José.

I've already kicked AT&T to the curb in favor of Sonic.net.

As did we, but we aren't privileged to subscribe "Fusion" before the massive price increase, while the performance of said service is a crapshoot, and legacy DSL pricing climbs ever skyward.

You might be willing to pay $70+/month for broadband. We did for many years, i.e. for basic DSL, but today, the $20-30 offerings from CableCo and the former dry-loop DSL rates provide more than adequate bandwidth - I don't see many households wanting to pay those higher rates, 250GB-300GB caps actually happen and actually impact TV viewing - unlikely.

Really? Never paid that much in my life:

     -----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                      RECEIPT
 
     Sonic.net, Inc.
     2260 Apollo Way
     Santa Rosa, CA 95407
     707.522.1000
     support@sonic.net
 
                                                        Due Date: 2011-11-10
                                       Service from 2011-11-10 to 2011-12-10
     For:
     %Customer% <%Customer%@sonic.net>
     5555 Gigash HDD
     Silly James, CA  95678
     _______________________________________________________________________
     Description                                    Unit Price         Total
     -----------------------------------------------------------------------
     Email account user01                                 0.00          0.00  
     Email account user02                                 0.00          0.00  
     Email account user03                                 0.00          0.00  
     Email account user04                                 0.00          0.00  
     Invoice to email ********@pacbell.net                0.00          0.00  
     DNS example.com                                      1.95          1.95  
     Fusion Broadband - Single Line -                    39.95         39.95  
       STI-00nnnnn-0
     Fusion Broadband Information - STI-00nnnnn-0         0.00          0.00  
       Data $19.97 Voice $19.98
     Voice Federal Subscriber Line Charge Fee             6.50          6.50  
     Voice Federal Universal Service Fund Fee             1.91          1.91  
     Voice California Lifeline Telephone Service          0.16          0.16  
       Surcharge
     Voice California Deaf and Disabled Telecom           0.03          0.03  
       Program Surcharge
     Voice California High Cost Fund-B Surcharge          0.04          0.04  
     Voice California Teleconnect Fund Surcharge          0.01          0.01  
     Voice California Advanced Services Fund              0.02          0.02  
       Surcharge
     Voice California 911 Emergency Surcharge             0.07          0.07  
     Voice San Jose Utility Users Tax                     1.19          1.19  
     Fusion IP address space 173.228.nnn.nn/32            0.00          0.00  
     Fusion Phone Service - 4085553210                    0.00          0.00  
     Voice California Public Utility Commission           0.03          0.03  
       User Fee
     Voice FCC Interstate Telecom Service Fee             0.04          0.04  
     Charge Prorate 2011-11-01 to 2011-11-10 for          0.01          0.01  
       Voice California Advanced Services Fund
       Surcharge
     Charge Prorated charge for DNS example.com           0.65          0.65  
 
                                                             Total:    52.56
 
     -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 

The last AT&T bill had fewer extras, but was $103.cc for 3.0Mb/s (nominal; 2.5Mb/s actual). Service is now 4.9Mb/s.

You aren't subscribing to Sonic's fiber optic service.