Company News and Press Releases for Sonic

For over 26 years, Sonic, the largest independent Internet Service Provider (ISP) in Northern California, has been committed to changing the way people think about the internet. With refreshingly high standards for customer care and extensive experience operating Fiber-optic Networks, Sonic is revolutionizing the ISP industry by bringing accessible, affordable internet connectivity with member-focused policies to all.

Local businesses like Acupuncture Hive, Madison Reed, Awayco, Pizzetta 211 and Andytown Coffee Roasters all depend on Sonic’s Gigabit Fiber for affordable, reliable high-speed internet connectivity. For more information about Sonic, please email pr@sonic.com.

Sonic Named Fastest All-Around Internet in America by PCMag

“Sonic broadband is seriously fast. In addition to easily winning our Fastest All-Around ISP award, it also sets a new record for the PCMag Speed Index.” —PCMag

Sonic fiber splicing technician Thai Saengarun works on building Sonic's fiber optic infrastructure to bring high speed internet access to a neighborhood, at Brown and Charles streets, in Santa Rosa on Thursday, October 14, 2021.

Santa Rosa internet provider Sonic debuts speedy fiber optic network, as California preps ambitious broadband expansion

Santa Rosa-based Sonic, the largest independent internet provider in Northern California, with about 150,000 customers from Watsonville to Fort Bragg and in parts of the Los…

Sonoma County’s Sonic expands gigabit fiber in East Bay, San Francisco Peninsula

After installing gigabit fiber to businesses and homes in San Francisco over the past several years, Santa Rosa-based internet service provider Sonic has shifted its Northern…

The Fastest ISPs of 2020

With more Americans now working from home, residential internet speed is crucial. PC Mag calculated the fastest ISPs, big and small, as well as the top providers by region, and…

Sonic: California's Fastest Internet Provider

Can San Francisco Finally Close its Digital Divide?

Santa Rosa-based provider Sonic has deployed fiber to more than one-third of homes in San Francisco over the past five years, Sonic CEO and co-founder Dane Jasper tells SF…

Most internet service providers are gone. Sonic has survived — and thrived

There was a teenager cursing on the internet. That wouldn’t be unusual, except it was 1993.

Dane Jasper and Scott Doty were students at Santa Rosa Junior College, and one…

Sonic Turns 25

KSRO’s Daniel Trucios talks with Sonic CEO Dane Jasper about the internet service provider turning 25 years old recapping their history and talking about the future.

Internet provider Sonic adding faster gigabit fiber service for 19 Bay Area neighborhoods

Santa Rosa-based internet provider Sonic’s gigabit fiber service is coming soon to 19 new places in the Bay Area, a significant expansion for a company that has earned a loyal…

Ajit Pai Is Twisting the Meaning of the “Open Internet”

To help drive his argument home, Pai notes that the new rules will help the little guys—small, local internet providers that don’t “have the means to withstand a regulatory…

Dane Jasper standing next to fiber cable

Sonic CEO Dane Jasper relishes role as net neutrality defender

Dane Jasper dropped out of high school and college. But he’s staying the course in the fight for an open Internet that keeps consumers’ data private.

The CEO of Internet…

FCC publishes net neutrality repeal, but debate goes on

“We should be prepared for a state of uncertainty in the near future over what rules will govern broadband Internet, and that is the same as it’s been mostly for the past…

Sonic won’t cash in like Comcast, AT&T (Video)

Not all companies will be taking advantage of the end of net neutrality to make more money.

Sonic, an independent internet service provider in California, is…

Close to Home: Life’s not fair, but the internet should be: Long live net neutrality

The internet — you know, that thing you use for everything. That thing you use to pay your bills, Skype with family and manage your business, all while simultaneously watching…

As Net Neutrality vote looms, critics cite importance of ‘free, open internet’

Despite public outcry, there appear to be enough votes to repeal so-called net neutrality which would be a huge victory for the Trump-appointed FCC chair who has long been a…

Internet provider Sonic expands gigabit fiber service in East Bay

Internet service provider Sonic is expanding its highest-speed Internet service in the East Bay.

The Santa Rosa company, which is trying to lure customers away from…

Sonic’s FTTH expansion continues, but California pole access remains a challenge

Sonic is working to extend its network into more parts of California, but the competitive provider is not immune to the challenges of getting access to utility poles to string…

On Cyber Monday, Twitter, Reddit, other companies urge FCC to keep net neutrality

More than 200 companies including Twitter, Reddit, Square and Airbnb are urging FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to reconsider his plan to kill net neutrality.

In a letter made…

Small ISP disputes FCC claim that net neutrality hurts small ISPs

After 50 pages of legalese, the FCC’s new order on net neutrality makes its case for why regulations are bad for broadband companies and consumers. The biggest…

What Is Net Neutrality? Tech Industry United Against Ajit Pai's FCC Plan

United States Federal Communications Commissioner Ajit Pai announced Tuesday his proposal to repeal net neutrality protections passed in 2015. Chairman Pai introduced…