Move to Sebastopol, California and get 1 Gbps broadband for $69.99 a month!

This shows you what an enterprising company can do when they apply some entrepreneurial spirit to benefit their customers and offer something that nobody else has.  Sonic.net, an ISP based in Santa Rosa, California has a product called Fusion Broadband and Phone that offers a 1 Gbps broadband connection.

That is no typographical error; they are really supplying a One Gigabit per Second connection.  If you are into on-line games such as World of Warcraft, this internet pipe combined with a fast computer should give you a definite edge over the other players.

In business since 1994, Sonic.net offered DSL service and then made a local name for itself by offering a bonded DSL service that provided a 40 Mbps broadband service over two copper phone lines for $69.99.  Sonic.net was California’s best kept secret.

To get this 1 Gbps service, Sonic is running a fiber line directly to the customer’s house.  This is a pilot project and will supply the 1 Gbps service to 700 residences.

Sonic.net’s CEO, Dane Jasper, believes fast service at a low price is possible.  In an interview with ars technica Dane said “Honestly, only as those wrap up will we have a complete picture of the economic model.  But I believe that fast service for a low cost is possible.”

Sonic.net just won the contract to manage 1 Gbps service to Stanford University’s faculty houses.  Over 800 faculty members will get this service.