# Sonic Fiber

9 Hacker News commenters recommended Sonic Fiber and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for quality fiber internet, strong service, and a long-running independent ISP, though it costs more than cable and dark-fiber expansion has lagged.

## Why people recommend it

- Excellent service and pricing (3 comments): "I absolutely give credit to Sonic for being a great ISP and recommend them to everyone." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48499926)) "their pricing and service is top tier" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48500058)) "Service has been amazing." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48774058))
- Independent ISP backing net neutrality (2 comments): "An old mom-and-pop ISP that just never sold out but kept growing organically" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48771333)) "actively campaigned for net neutrality" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46049728))
- Great ISP and quality product (2 comments): "It's a quality product even though it's technically more expensive than I could get from Comcast." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47380133)) "I absolutely give credit to Sonic for being a great ISP and recommend them to everyone." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48499926))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Starlink](https://hackerapproved.com/p/starlink.md): 547 recommend
- [Comcast internet](https://hackerapproved.com/p/comcast.md): 19 recommend
- [Google Fiber](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-fiber.md): 18 recommend
- [Andrews & Arnold](https://hackerapproved.com/p/andrews-arnold.md): 10 recommend
- [AOL](https://hackerapproved.com/p/aol.md): 9 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Sonic Fiber", https://hackerapproved.com/p/sonic/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).