Sonic Fiber in Castro Valley?

[smbrannon]

Come on, @sonic

No one going to reply?

I have a theory. The more we ask/complain, the less info Sonic provides and the lower we get put on the install priority list. But it's just a theory.

[conradpino]

Looking forward to installation on Vegas Avenue in Castro Valley this month.
+1 vote for SFP+ interface to keep my MikroTik equipment cool and quiet.

[smbrannon]

Looking forward to installation on Vegas Avenue in Castro Valley this month.
+1 vote for SFP+ interface to keep my MikroTik equipment cool and quiet.

Ain't gonna happen. Sonic provides an Adtran 622v, and they don't allow customer-owned ONTs. The Adtran 622v only has 10GBase-T and 1GBase-T jacks, and the 1GBase-T comes disabled.

[conradpino]

Ain't gonna happen. Sonic provides an Adtran 622v, and they don't allow customer-owned ONTs. The Adtran 622v only has 10GBase-T and 1GBase-T jacks, and the 1GBase-T comes disabled.

What I like about Sonic is their willingness to lead the market rather than just react to competitors.
Agreed, SFP+ won't happen until big 10G fiber deployments are completed and Adtran has good SFP+ replacement.
I want Dane to know some customers will pay the device retail cost and installation charge to get SFP+ replacement.

[krellan]

You need a router with at least two 10Gb ports on it, and a wired 10Gb or WiFi 7 connection between your machine and the router. Else, you aren't going to be getting anything near 10Gb. In other words, almost everyone will need to upgrade their wired and wireless infrastructure to take full advantage of Sonic's 10Gb fibre.

I use and recommend the Amazon Eero Max 7. It's a mighty wireless router that has two 10Gb copper Ethernet ports on it. It is a perfect match for the Sonic connection that's 10Gb both up and down. It plugged right into the Sonic ONT (the fiber modem) and worked right from day one.