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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 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?

Existing customers will take longer to migrate over due to technical complications and alike. No timelines have been mentioned for this.

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..

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 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?

Sounds like a bug. I will check in with the team.

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.

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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Fusion X2 is two lines, bonded, where only one of them has voice service on it.