What are the prospects for upgrade from 1 Gb fiber to 10 Gb fiber?

[tyrodom3]

Has Sonic ever converted a geographic group of customers with 1 Gbit service to the 10 Gbit service?

If Sonic has done this, please tell me where it has happened and when.

And I invite Sonic management to reply to discuss the matter of conversion in general.

Like most Sonic Fiber customers, I'm on the 1 Gbit service that includes a phone line. I don't need the phone line, which represents about $22 of my monthly Sonic bill:

$10.00 for the service
$6.50 for Subscriber Line Charge
$3.28 for Universal Service Fund Fee
$0.91 for 9-1-1 Emergency Surcharge
$1.72 for Voice Regulatory Recovery Surcharge

I'm waiting for Sonic to offer my neighborhood the 10 Gbit fiber service, not because I need the speed but because the 10 Gbit service is provided without a mandatory voice line, and would thus save me money.

[richard203]

im waiting for 10gb too just cause i have option for the phone or not

[mjuster458]

The business aspect of this is why the prospects are low. Sonic would rather expand to new areas than retrofit old areas where most people aren't aware or would not benefit from 10gb.

They have surveys for areas to gauge interest but it has been 2 years in my area so I don't suspect it's ever going to happen.

They benefit from those phone fees and figure customers will not leave to a competitor (and they clearly haven't) so there is little business risk to continue to charging them.

Bottom line is things are not going to change unless competitors take existing subscribers.