said by tanzam75:said by elray:I think Sonic seriously mis-stepped by requiring dialtone and the modem rental, instead of offering up a two-pair naked service pushing 40M. But they can only do so much - they may be focusing their resources on near-term FTTH.
According to Sonic, this is because they've run into a lot of problems with dry-loop service: »
corp.sonic.net/ceo/2012/03/01/fu···changes/Summary: Dry loops create a lot of problems with the install, and are also liable to be "stolen," as technicians use the absence of dialtone to indicate that a pair is not in use.
By forcibly bundling dialtone, they enable self-installs, are guaranteed to get a known-working copper pair, and become immune to line-"stealing" because the AT&T technician will hear a dialtone.
Actually, Sonic's blog entry you cite says 
