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join:2004-07-11
Snohomish, WA
kudos:3 | On the map.. ... what do the various yellow areas represent? | |
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join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 |  Sonic redlining?
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"We are prioritizing our Fiber build-out efforts on communities where we see very high uptake of our Fusion Broadband+Phone service
If this was Verizon & Fios or AT&T & Uverse, they would be accused of redlining for doing what Sonic is doing. Of course, I don't believe that any of the three is redlining and that Sonic and the others are just rolling out where the economic return is greatest.
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| | | | Re: Sonic redlining? and the same thing will happen with Sonic.net you really think they're going to wire EVERYONE that wants the service? HELL NO! And at the rate Sonic.net is building out and does NOT want to take on any debt- yes it will be several years for them to actually expand to where people can get the service. Especially since they're still busy spending money on a DSL network that is going NO WHERE. | |
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| | | | | Re: Sonic redlining? Maybe, maybe not. At least they are doing it and AT&T could pay cash to build out their entire network and have it done in 3 years without an ounce of debt. Of course their shareholders will be bitching and moaning the entire time. | |
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| | | | | | Re: Sonic redlining? and they should be- the up take on the network would be slim to nothing on people switching over. Look at VZ people said they'd blow the numbers away over cable and yet their quarterly returns show other wise. People do NOT like change and Sonic.net will be no different. People do not care how the service is delivered they just want it to work and they want it cheap. They don't care of its DSL, Wireless, or cable. | |
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| | | very true they would be considered redlining and people would be all over it. The only thing is though Sonic.net can only take on so much. And like we've agreed on before- the time will come when they will be a nothing more than a large ISP out to get that ROI. | |
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- Stefan in Montreal, Canada
said by Linklist: Of course, I don't believe that any of the three is redlining and that Sonic and the others are just rolling out where the economic return is greatest.
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elray
join:2000-12-16
Santa Monica, CA | Fiber at a snail's pace? The maps shows one long block, of less than 50 parcels.
That's the "first wave" completed that warrants a press release?
Sonic is the most fantastic company left on the scene, but they are irrelevant in the scheme of things if this is the scale and speed of deployment we can expect. | |
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| | | Re: Fiber at a snail's pace? said by elray:The maps shows one long block, of less than 50 parcels.
That's the "first wave" completed that warrants a press release?
Sonic is the most fantastic company left on the scene, but they are irrelevant in the scheme of things if this is the scale and speed of deployment we can expect. While it may just be marketing BS, the release hints that they were receiving inquiries due to people seeing their trucks in other locations. Perhaps they just wanted to say something so people stopped asking?
As for the speed of deployment, said by December 15, 2011 – 4:59 pm :Sonic.net today announced it has filed a permit application to build a Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) network in San Francisco. The application encompasses an initial pilot region of two thousand homes in the Sunset District, and describes a five-year build-out plan which would reach most San Francisco premises. /M | |
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| | | | Re: Fiber at a snail's pace? "most" means what they feel they want to service.
And of course people are going to ask what they're doing. It's human nature. | |
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| | Sonic Sonic, y u no bring fiber in LA/OC???? | |
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| | | Re: Sonic cause the uptake is VERY low up take on customers and Sonic.net does NOT have the $$$$ to do anything. | |
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