The Little ISP That Stood Up to the Government

So they seem like a decent company, but this article had a couple of sentences on how Sonic stood up to the government, and the rest was about how their products are cheaper. It read as far more of an advertisement than a piece of journalism.

Out of curiosity I checked to see if their DSL is Symmetric. Well, it isn't (too much to hope for, I guess), but they do show their upload bandwidths. Here in France, I know of only <i>one</i> ISP that would tell you about their upload bandwidths, an it is a non-profit (FDN).<p>I also appreciate they offer static IP (presumably v4) (8 addresses? Like, a /3?), but I wonder why it costs so much. A DSL modem/router typically stays on all day long, so, surely they could offer a single static IPv4 without any additional cost to themselves?

Best reason to use Sonic: dial their support number, you get a real person picking up right away.<p>It's the only time I believe it when they say "Thank you for calling, how can I help you?".

Sonic Fusion Broadband subscriber here. Works great. Live in the bay area? Sonic should be your internet provider.

Sonic is great; the nice thing about Fusion is you can bond 2 lines together, so if you're in the right position with the CO, you can do 30M/6M with Annex M.<p>They've also got great customer service; the only reason not to use them is if you're too far from the central office.

I thought this was going to be about Calyx Internet Access standing up to a national security letter. [1]<p>[1] <a href="http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/08/nsl-gag-order-lifted/" rel="nofollow">http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/08/nsl-gag-order-lifte...</a>

I wish I could switch to Sonic after reading the reviews here. Despite FIOS being amazing, the second you need Verizon customer service you're screwed.

I switched to sonic about a week ago, and I feel dumb for not doing it sooner.