We need to perform emergency repairs to backend fiber cable that was damaged by squirrels. A small subset of fiber customers may be impacted by the repairs. We have scheduled repairs for November 6th, 2019 (11-06-19) from 8am to 2pm. Thank you for your patience during these repairs.
Northpoint/Corporate Center – Business Park Fiber Maintenance
Update(12:30AM): Maintenance has been successfully completed.
Tomorrow, (11/5/19) at 11:59PM, we will be performing upgrades on equipment serving enterprise fiber customers in the the Northpoint/Corporate Center business park. Connectivity will be impacted for all customers during the course of this work. Our maintenance window will commence until 4:00AM, but we expect actual customer downtime of fewer than 30 minutes. An update will be provided on the completion of our work.
-Network Engineering
Sacramento Area – Fusion and legacy DSL outage
Update(2:11pm): The second replacement card has resolved the issue. All service restored.
Update(1:55pm): The replacement card has failed to boot, so another replacement was located and is being installed. New ETR of 3:00pm
Update(12:46pm): The issue has been tracked to a failed 100G card in our provider’s network. Dispatch for replacement has been made and we have an ETR of 1:30pm
Update(10:53am): Further investigation has narrowed the problem down to an equipment failure in our transport provider’s network. We are working with them to restore service as quickly as possible but don’t have an ETR as of yet. We would also like to take this opportunity to update the scope of the outage, which we have determined affected Fusion and FlexLink services in the Sacramento area, as well as Legacy DSL subscribers in the Sacramento and Stockton areas.
At 8:05AM this morning, a hardware serving a backbone link to Sacramento failed. We are currently assessing the situation, but presently believe connectivity is impacted to Sonic Fusion and legacy DSL customers in the Sacramento area. We will update with an ETR when it is available.
-Network Engineering
Fiber Outage in Albany
Update 11/01/2019 10:51 – Our engineers have determined the source of the outage is some damaged Fiber infrastructure. We have a team in the field now to survey the damage and begin repairs.
10/31/2019 13:38 – A small subset of Fiber customers in Albany are without service due to an outage. Network engineers are actively troubleshooting the issue and working toward resolution. We will provide updates here as the situation progresses.
Technical Support Department Update
Update: 10/29/2019 – 12:00pm
Sonic customers with our Fusion IP Broadband service may be experiencing service interruption due to the PG&E PSPS (Public Safety Power Shutoff). Service should be restored as soon as the power is restored. If you need support the call center is open, though expect hold times as we are experiencing high call volume and are still operating with a skeleton crew. Stay safe out there.
Update: 10/28/2019 – 12:56pm
We are now taking calls as well as responding to tickets but are still operating with a skeleton crew. Please forgive any hold times you may experience. We will update when operations are back to normal or if the situation changes.
~Sonic
Sonic’s Technical Support team is currently operating on a skeleton crew due to our home down being under evacuation orders as a result of the spread of the Kincade fire. As a result our Technical Support department is unable to respond to incoming calls. We are handling customer issues via tickets as quickly and accurately as we can.
To create a Technical Support ticket please email support@sonic.com. We will be resuming regular operations as soon as possible.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
~Sonic
Northern California Network Edge Maintenance
Update(1:45am): Maintenance is complete
Tonight, October 24, starting at 11:59pm, we will be performing maintenance on our public peering interconnections. Customers may experience a brief period of routing instability towards destinations outside of the Sonic network.
-Network Engineering
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peering#Public_peering for more information on public peering
Northern California – Legacy DSL Maintenance
Beginning tomorrow night, 10/24/19, at midnight, we will be performing maintenance on equipment serving legacy DSL customers in and around the Sacramento area. This maintenance is expected to cause around 1 hour of downtime. The maintenance is expected to be concluded by 5am.
San Francisco – Fusion Fiber Maintenance
Update(12:50am) Maintenance is complete
Tomorrow, (10/16/19) at 11:59PM, we will be performing upgrades on equipment serving a subset of residential and enterprise fiber customers in the San Francisco area. Connectivity will be impacted for all customers during the course of this work. Our maintenance window will commence until 4:00AM, but we expect actual customer downtime of fewer than 30 minutes. An update will be provided on the completion of our work.
-Network Engineering
Sunset District – Fiber Maintenance
Update(12:55am) All maintenance successfully completed.
Tomorrow (10/15/19) at 11:59PM, we will be performing upgrades on equipment serving residential and enterprise fiber customers in the Sunset District of San Francisco. Connectivity will be impacted for a subset of customers during the course of this work. Our maintenance window will commence until 4:00AM, but we expect actual customer downtime of less than 60 minutes. An update will be provided on the completion of our maintenance.
-Network Engineering
Brentwood – Fusion Fiber Maintenance
Update(1:10am) All maintenance successfully completed.
Tonight, (10/14/19) at 11:59PM, we will be performing upgrades on equipment serving our residential and enterprise fiber customers in the city of Brentwood. Connectivity will be impacted for all customers during the course of this work. Our maintenance window will commence until 4:00AM, but we expect actual customer downtime of around 30 minutes. An update will be provided on the completion of our maintenance.
-Network Operations