Brentwood, CA Partners With Sonic to Get $40, Gigabit Service Brentwood, California residents are now enjoying gigabit speeds thanks to a city partnership with Sonic.net. According to the San Jose Mercury News (hat tip to Community Broadband Networks) Sonic is using city fiber conduit to offer $40 a month ($60 after taxes and fees) gigabit service to around 8,000 city residents. Local residents, who were tired of incumbents AT&T and Comcast, say there's a world of difference in the service quality: quote:

Not only are they getting faster speeds, but Sonic has historically been very pro-consumer in terms of Not only are they getting faster speeds, but Sonic has historically been very pro-consumer in terms of privacy and snoopvertising-related issues . According to Community Broadband Networks, the city managed to nab a few notable perks as well, including free gigabit service for city hall, and free gigabit service for schools where 30% or more of the local households sign up for service."Not only did (Brentwood) have the foresight to include extra conduit to every new home and business built after 1999 (in addition to the typical conduit placed for incumbent cable & telco), but they've really worked well with Sonic on the build-out as well," Sonic CEO Dane Jasper tells me via e-mail. "It's a wonderful example of a public/private partnership, where the city set standards that assured available extra conduit, and then partnered with a provider to build and deliver services."







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USA 2 recommendations silbaco Premium Member Sonic Weren't they supposed to bring FTTP to San Francisco or some other large city? How's that fiber to the press release coming?