The main problem with Calix is they turn-off remotely in an arbitrary
fashion, and cause a lot of needless truckrolls. Other than that, the
wifi coverage inside the home is a bit stronger than most routers so I'd
give them a 4 star rating. The extenders have the same issues. When
they're working, they're pretty good, when they get turned-off, they're
worse than dog-doo. They consume a lot of time to install and it's
maddening as hell to put up with they're arbitrary crap. You can depend
on them shutting off six months after install. The "air-cube" is an
easier to install router and more reliable.
On 12/13/25 16:27, Mark - Myakka Technologies via AF wrote:
Ken,
We use them. First of all their HW just works and works well. They
may seem to be expensive on the MRC, but they bring a bunch of other
services to the table. They will help with marketing, network
engineering, etc. The support is VERY responsive and the amount of
data collected in the service cloud is unbelievable.
This is all they do, managed routers and fiber distribution. They have
to be top notch to survive.
They fit into our business model, but each business if different.
I would say give them a chance to give you a proposal. See what they
bring to the table. Maybe it is a fit, maybe not.
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Myakka Communications
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Saturday, December 13, 2025, 1:51:56 PM, you wrote:
I assume some of the folks on this list who are doing fiber use
Calix ONTs and routers?
If I go to the Calix website, maybe as a provider thinking of
using them as a vendor, I am totally confused. It is not clear
what products they sell or how I would use them. It all seems to
be glossy marketing stuff about their agentic AI cloud and market
insights. I don’t see a single picture of a piece of hardware.
Is this how a lot of ISPs are making money despite charging low
prices? Do they have an “agentic workforce” monitoring how their
customers use the Internet, cross referencing it to demographics,
and mining that data for ads, upselling, etc.? It seems they have
special cloud features for MDU managers as well.
It seems a lot of cable companies use Amazon’s eero, I wonder if
service provider eero is like Calix, or if it’s just the retail
eero with a few remote management features added.
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