by
dane » Wed Apr 06, 2022 1:40 pm
bbmak wrote:
Dane,
FYI. I am one of those 200 customers who can move on to alternative Sonic products but unable to move on. You guys ask me to dig hole for you guys to lay the fiber cable, which costs me like $1,000+ to get the cable in my house. In addition to that, HOA in my place would not approve me to dig hole. Not blaming for anyone, I just want to say that they have reason not able to move on to Sonic fiber product.
I don't have any specifics on what the costs of putting in a conduit might be at your location, but FYI, I do not think an HOA can disallow you from receiving telecommunications services and internet access in your home. They could set reasonable standards, for example around safety or placement, but they cannot arbitrarily block you from being connected. (Think what that would do to the value of your home, or to your children's education.)
Even renters in apartment buildings have the right to the carrier of their choice. The FCC issued recent orders on this, disallowing incentive payments that carriers were using to incentivize landlords to block competitors.
https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-22-12A1.pdf