I guess AT&T is literally freaking out, trying to catch up and perhaps head-off Sonic as best they can.Īnyhow, point being, while Sonic's methodical rollout might mean they are unlikely to reach you anytime soon if they've already passed you by, keep an eye on the AT&T trucks.
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The lineman said AT&T had him installing fiber in a more-or-less haphazard manner. However, Sonic appears to be methodically rolling out fiber street-by-street. Previously AT&T was building out FTTN infrastructure in places like Mission Bay, but he said they've completely ditched that strategy and are switching to FTTH. I chatted with the lineman and he was upfront (unsolicited, even!) that the only reason he was out there was because Sonic forced AT&T's hand. Last week AT&T was hanging fiber on my street. Sonic installed my fiber service late last year. Seeing Sonic's experience in Brentwood makes me believe that the only way FTTH will be vastly deployed in the US anytime soon is through government subsidy. they took a risk doing this and likely were unable to drum up the support and enthusiasm in the community that would make a true city-wide rollout economically feasible. The house I used to live in was marked as planned to receive fiber by fall 2016, but when I put in the address Sonic says they currently don't service it.įor those who don't know, Brentwood was slated to be one of the first places in the Bay Area to get fiber, mostly because Brentwood required fiber conduit houses built for all developments after 2000, and because its city council was fairly generous to Sonic themselves. Sonic used to have maps of their planned rollout that now point to dead links. As someone who used to live in Brentwood, the Brentwood fiber rollout was very disappointing.