Question about upcoming Bonding and Uverse Plans

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by dane » Tue Feb 10, 2015 5:24 pm
March contract?

VDSL2+ is being delivered to new customers with short loops in most COs today. Bonding is available as an upgrade today, and will be offered to new clients directly shortly.
Dane Jasper
Sonic
by aznalan15 » Wed Feb 11, 2015 9:24 am
dane wrote:March contract?

VDSL2+ is being delivered to new customers with short loops in most COs today. Bonding is available as an upgrade today, and will be offered to new clients directly shortly.
Got a directv contract coming due in March, with them consistently raising the prices (like comcast) so I will be doing some shopping.

How about updates for existing clients?
by steelgaze » Wed Feb 11, 2015 8:49 pm
Existing customers will take longer to migrate over due to technical complications and alike. No timelines have been mentioned for this.
by geogriffin » Thu Feb 12, 2015 7:53 pm
Curious, why do static IPs cost $10/mo for 1 and $20/mo for 4 on bonded? Does it actually cost more to provide, for some technical reason? I don't know why else the pricing would be different..
by dane » Thu Feb 12, 2015 8:43 pm
geogriffin wrote:Curious, why do static IPs cost $10/mo for 1 and $20/mo for 4 on bonded? Does it actually cost more to provide, for some technical reason? I don't know why else the pricing would be different..
No, that's a business product. It's a market rate price, not a cost-based price.

The residential single-line and X2 product includes a single static IP.
Dane Jasper
Sonic
by geogriffin » Thu Feb 12, 2015 9:23 pm
dane wrote:
geogriffin wrote:Curious, why do static IPs cost $10/mo for 1 and $20/mo for 4 on bonded? Does it actually cost more to provide, for some technical reason? I don't know why else the pricing would be different..
No, that's a business product. It's a market rate price, not a cost-based price.

The residential single-line and X2 product includes a single static IP.
I guess I'm a bit confused. I asked a sonic rep about X2, and they said it is available for me and would raise my bill $20/mo plus $3/mo extra for the bonded modem, but if I stick with 4 IPs the amount the bill was raised would be $30/mo and if I went dynamic it'd be $10/mo. Is that correct, and they talking about the business product or residential product?
by dane » Thu Feb 12, 2015 9:43 pm
Sounds like a bug. I will check in with the team.
Dane Jasper
Sonic
by cybermonk » Fri Feb 13, 2015 12:33 am
A quick question: does the new X2 bonded option require stringing a second line?

I remember inquiring a while back about a (possibly different?) bonded option that was being offered, but as I live in an apartment, stringing a second line would require the approval of the landlord and I'm not sure they'd go for that.

Edit: to clarify, I'm asking X2 is different than what is currently listed as "Dual-Line Fusion" on the product page.
by torstenb » Fri Feb 13, 2015 3:56 am
cybermonk wrote:A quick question: does the new X2 bonded option require stringing a second line?

I remember inquiring a while back about a (possibly different?) bonded option that was being offered, but as I live in an apartment, stringing a second line would require the approval of the landlord and I'm not sure they'd go for that.

Edit: to clarify, I'm asking X2 is different than what is currently listed as "Dual-Line Fusion" on the product page.
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by dane » Fri Feb 13, 2015 7:54 am
Fusion X2 is two lines, bonded, where only one of them has voice service on it.
Dane Jasper
Sonic
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