I don't know that Calix offers anything you can't get somewhere else, even reasonably packaged. Well, they certainly offer the ability to lock you in to their bubble and nickel and dime you for it.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ----- Original Message ----- From: ch...@wbmfg.com To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <af@af.afmug.com> Sent: Monday, June 8, 2020 9:12:02 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] fiber customer routers I don’t think you can beat Calix for value. They allow such insight and control that it will save you a bunch of time and money just dealing with the garden variety tech support router crap calls that you will wonder how you ever lived without them. From: Darin Steffl Sent: Monday, June 8, 2020 7:06 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] fiber customer routers If you just get the gigacenter 844E, they start at $109 and go down based on purchase agreements. We get them for $100 each. I don't find that expensive at all. Their mesh solution is great and affordable too. By far better than any other managed solution available today. On Mon, Jun 8, 2020, 4:58 PM Dev < d...@logicalwebhost.com > wrote: What routers are you using in the home for fiber deployments? Calix has some that are gold-plated and made with baby seal tears, or at least are priced as such. They promise marital harmony in the home, bright kids who score well on tests, etc. Is there a lest costly alternative? I don’t like their proprietary SFP’s on their GPON setup anyway, guaranteeing vendor lock in for overpriced SFP’s. Are you doing media converters and just normal routers (hopefully with remote management)? -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
