I’ve not had that happen either. The most annoying thing about Calix is the DDoS style marketing, and the fact that I don’t really know what they’re selling, since they turn hardware industry terms into marketing terms they make up, so like rather than an OLT, they’ll sell it as a “super customer impact chassis” or something strange, or a router might be a “customer success module”.
Then there’s support: a labrithian dystopian mess where you need three platforms to get to the firmware update you might need, and even then, it’s probably not called what you think it should be, it’s likely under the name of the OS, then on a submenu somewhere. That said, once you get it running, it just kind of runs, and that’s good, because you’ll need all those months of running smoothly to save up for the next batch of ridiculousness you’ll have to buy later. I don’t know if Adtran is better, but they’re sure nicer to talk to, and seem to be engineering-led, which is nice as an operator. We’re trying out one of their chassis and liking it quite a lot. > On 18 Dec 2025, at 1:20 PM, Jan-GAMs <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:
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