Private company

Sonic.net

Logo: Sonic, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

American telco and ISP

Sonic is a telecommunications company and internet service provider based in Santa Rosa, California, acting as a competitive local exchange carrier in the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, Los Angeles, and Dallas. They are most well known for defending privacy.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Sep 1994Founded1
  • IndustryInternet industry, competitive local exchange carrier, telecommunications industry1
  • HeadquartersSanta Rosa1
  • Websitewww.sonic.net

Sonic is a telecommunications company and internet service provider based in Santa Rosa, California, acting as a competitive local exchange carrier in the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, Los Angeles, and Dallas. They are most well known for defending privacy.2

Timeline

  1. Sep 1994Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$7.3M 2020–2020
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2020: $7.3M in all. PPP loans $7.3M.$0$2M$4M$6M$8M2020 · PPP loans: $7.3M2020
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2020$7.3M$7.3M

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA4. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. May 1, 2020$7.3M PPP loan (first draw) from Bank of America, National Association4To SONIC.NET LLC, Santa Rosa CA; $7.4M forgiven Oct 13, 2021

Sources

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