Sonic Fiber
Shares rank 5 of 12 internet service providers by recommenders
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.
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.
11 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 82%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 4.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Excellent service and pricing
“I absolutely give credit to Sonic for being a great ISP and recommend them to everyone.”
Comment from 12 Jun 2026 in “Nobody ever gets credit for fixing problems that never happened (2002) [pdf]” “their pricing and service is top tier”
Comment from 12 Jun 2026 in “Nobody ever gets credit for fixing problems that never happened (2002) [pdf]” “Service has been amazing.”
Comment from 3 Jul 2026 in “The Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn't” Independent ISP backing net neutrality
“An old mom-and-pop ISP that just never sold out but kept growing organically”
Comment from 3 Jul 2026 in “The Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn't” “actively campaigned for net neutrality”
Comment from 25 Nov 2025 in “How to repurpose your old phone into a web server” Great ISP and quality product
“It's a quality product even though it's technically more expensive than I could get from Comcast.”
Comment from 14 Mar 2026 in “Google Fiber will be sold to private equity firm and merge with cable company” “I absolutely give credit to Sonic for being a great ISP and recommend them to everyone.”
Comment from 12 Jun 2026 in “Nobody ever gets credit for fixing problems that never happened (2002) [pdf]”
Other internet service providers people recommend
The four most recommended other internet service providers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starlink | 547 | 353 | 61% | 13 | 2 yrs12 owners | — |
| Comcast internet | 19 | 72 | 21% | 11 | 15 yrs4 owners | — |
| Google Fiber | 18 | 12 | 60% | 6 | — | — |
| Andrews & Arnold | 10 | 3 | 77% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Sonic FiberThis page | 9 | 2 | 82% | 6 | — | — |
What people said
All 11 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“On Linux/SONiC there are multiple ways to do the same thing”
“Service has been amazing.”
“An old mom-and-pop ISP that just never sold out but kept growing organically”
“their pricing and service is top tier”
“I absolutely give credit to Sonic for being a great ISP and recommend them to everyone.”
“10gbe for 60 bucks a month.”
“It's a quality product even though it's technically more expensive than I could get from Comcast.”
“Sonic keeps promising they will be lighting up dark fiber in our part of the city but it keeps not happening.”
“/56 prefix delegation works flawlessly with them”
“controller swap Crash Bandicoot and Sonic”
“actively campaigned for net neutrality”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.