The Sonic people are outside pre-installing fiber hardware on the side of the house so that it's ready to go tomorrow.
Tonight I'm going to be sleeping about as well as a little kid on Christmas Eve.
@tek oh hell yeah! hoping fiber is fast as hell for you!
I've had 1Gbps since about October and it's wonderful!
@greyor We’ve had 1Gbps for a couple years now. Tomorrow we're bumping up to 10. Also, our bill is dropping by more than 50% because it no longer involves leasing fiber from AT&T.
@tek oh holy hell! that is even better news. 1Gbps has been a game-changer for sure for us. Awesome that they're cutting your bill too!
eventually I hope we can get 10Gbps for a decent price, it is just too expensive right now, but I think it's available? We pay $74.95/month for 1Gbps currently and I could get 2Gbps for an extra $25 or so, but none of our equipment can really handle that much bandwidth at the moment.
@greyor Sonic had been leasing FTTN from AT&T. We're lucky that the box is right across the street, so our connection has been good. Now they're installing their own FTTH, cutting out AT&T, and dropping costs to $50/mo.
I have a 2.5Gb router. This morning I ordered a 10Gb version but it won't be here until November or so, so we're stuck at "only" 2.5Gb until then.
I think I’ll survive. 😀
Today:
FTTN via AT&T.
Tomorrow:
FTTH via Sonic.
It’ll be 900% faster, 50% less expensive, and come with 100% less AT&T. I'm stoked.
So, let me get this straight. They are bypassing a provider to cut their costs, and then they're lowering the price by 50% instead of making 100% more profit? Dare i say, what kind of ridiculous anticapitalist nonsense is that?
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@simon And even more, there are no data caps. You can run it at full speed for a month for $50. Craziness!