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]
Myakka Communications
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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