I've been patiently(well...) waiting for Sonic to roll out their fiber into my neighborhood (Temescal, Oakland) for some time now. But suddenly I notice a new option popped up a few months ago - Sonic over AT&T fiber. Having had Sonic over AT&T service in the past, I am understandably reluctant to do this (AT&T is no Comcast, but I still have yet to have one decent experience with them), but I am curious if this new offering means that Sonic is not planning to roll out their own service into the neighborhood for a while (or ever)?
I am also curious as to how this setup works in practice. In the past for me, Sonic service over AT&T still yielded a Sonic-owned IP address to my house, with Sonic managing the IP layer/routing/etc of the network and AT&T just (mis)managing the wiring and hardware - but I recall hearing about some setups in SF that had a 3rd party managing the IP layer as well, and Sonic is essentially just being a billing reseller. Does anyone know specifically what is the setup for this offering?
If it is the same as the SF offering (i.e. AT&T controlling my data) - what is the advantage of going via Sonic? I do recall that there was a VPN service Sonic setup for those customers in SF - but I am a bit concerned about reliability and throughput of that, especially at the high speed being advertised. Are there (affordable and reliable) hardware devices that will make the VPN permanent that can sustain the throughput anywhere close to the gigabit speeds?
Thanks,
I am also curious as to how this setup works in practice. In the past for me, Sonic service over AT&T still yielded a Sonic-owned IP address to my house, with Sonic managing the IP layer/routing/etc of the network and AT&T just (mis)managing the wiring and hardware - but I recall hearing about some setups in SF that had a 3rd party managing the IP layer as well, and Sonic is essentially just being a billing reseller. Does anyone know specifically what is the setup for this offering?
If it is the same as the SF offering (i.e. AT&T controlling my data) - what is the advantage of going via Sonic? I do recall that there was a VPN service Sonic setup for those customers in SF - but I am a bit concerned about reliability and throughput of that, especially at the high speed being advertised. Are there (affordable and reliable) hardware devices that will make the VPN permanent that can sustain the throughput anywhere close to the gigabit speeds?
Thanks,