Hi, all...
I periodically search the forums (in case it's already answered) then ask here, so here goes again:
We had Sonic service for quite a while -- since the days of 9600baud POTS modem, IIRC -- but have for some time now used non-Sonic broadband because of our location, 'way out in rural west Sonoma County.
We aren't "in" Cazadero, but that's the telephone exchange that serves our neighborhood (the Austin Creek valley) -- although we are QUITE far from the gear (probably beyond effective DSL limits); also, the local copper has a long history of outages and problems. One neighbor had multiple false-911 dispatches to their home, finally switched to Comcast-phone, and STILL got a POTS-based 911 dispatch almost a month after (the telco hadn't de-activated the circuit).
I did't see any specific-to-this-area forum topics when I searched (nothing with "cazadero"? Really, sonic? NOTHING?), though -- searching "rural" instead -- I did find one for the Two Rocks area (outside Petaluma) that was quite discouraging: Dane said, late last year, "...I do not believe that you will see a product from us in this location in the foreseeable future..."
Still.
I really like Sonic. I'd love to come back... if only Sonic would be willing to have me as a customer. We're increasingly unhappy with the ever-rising costs of Comcast (our current ISP). We had Dish Network for a while before that. I found an interesting link on ArsTechnica to TVWS broadband from Cal.Net (whose Sierra-Foothils turf is much like Sonic's rural/mountain areas (hint, hint) --
http://arstechnica.com/information-tech ... customers/
So, my two questions: (1) any chance for a Sonic broadband solution to our house? (2) Assuming a "no" to #1, Is there any consensus as to the best-value (highest-quality that isn't a "premium" (and expensive) service) broadband for rural/mountainous western sonoma county? IS it pretty much just Comcast & Dish?
Many thanks!
I periodically search the forums (in case it's already answered) then ask here, so here goes again:
We had Sonic service for quite a while -- since the days of 9600baud POTS modem, IIRC -- but have for some time now used non-Sonic broadband because of our location, 'way out in rural west Sonoma County.
We aren't "in" Cazadero, but that's the telephone exchange that serves our neighborhood (the Austin Creek valley) -- although we are QUITE far from the gear (probably beyond effective DSL limits); also, the local copper has a long history of outages and problems. One neighbor had multiple false-911 dispatches to their home, finally switched to Comcast-phone, and STILL got a POTS-based 911 dispatch almost a month after (the telco hadn't de-activated the circuit).
I did't see any specific-to-this-area forum topics when I searched (nothing with "cazadero"? Really, sonic? NOTHING?), though -- searching "rural" instead -- I did find one for the Two Rocks area (outside Petaluma) that was quite discouraging: Dane said, late last year, "...I do not believe that you will see a product from us in this location in the foreseeable future..."
Still.
I really like Sonic. I'd love to come back... if only Sonic would be willing to have me as a customer. We're increasingly unhappy with the ever-rising costs of Comcast (our current ISP). We had Dish Network for a while before that. I found an interesting link on ArsTechnica to TVWS broadband from Cal.Net (whose Sierra-Foothils turf is much like Sonic's rural/mountain areas (hint, hint) --
http://arstechnica.com/information-tech ... customers/
So, my two questions: (1) any chance for a Sonic broadband solution to our house? (2) Assuming a "no" to #1, Is there any consensus as to the best-value (highest-quality that isn't a "premium" (and expensive) service) broadband for rural/mountainous western sonoma county? IS it pretty much just Comcast & Dish?
Many thanks!
