I found the best thing a gigaspire can do is generate needless
truck-rolls. I told the boss a dozen times to dump the brand because of
the expense but the IT department kept putting them back in stock. They
put them in an install package and six months later they'd go offline
and I'd take them out and replace them with an air-cube. Most of the
truck-rolls were an hour away or more so it got very costly to keep
using using them. An air-cube is just as easy to manage remotely.
On 12/18/25 16:00, [email protected] wrote:
Are you talking ONTs? I don’t think I have ever had that happen.
*From:*AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Jan-GAMs
*Sent:* Thursday, December 18, 2025 2:20 PM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Calix question
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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Mark mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Myakka Communications
www.Myakka.com <https://www.Myakka.com>
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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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