Sterling, Are you using Gigaspires? U6/u6x/u6xw?
On Mon, Dec 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM Sterling Jacobson via AF <[email protected]> wrote: > Calix has the least failure rate of anything else I've used to date and we > have a lot in the field. > Between us and our parent company we have high thousands of units in the > field. > > I don't recognize this particular problem with any of our Gigaspires > except maybe the u10 which we do not use anymore. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Jan-GAMs < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Sunday, December 21, 2025 12:05 AM > *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Calix question > > 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] <[email protected]>* wrote: > > Are you talking ONTs? I don’t think I have ever had that happen. > > > > *From:* AF *<[email protected]> <[email protected]>* *On > Behalf Of *Jan-GAMs > *Sent:* Thursday, December 18, 2025 2:20 PM > *To:* *[email protected] <[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. > > > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > Mark *mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>* > > > > Myakka Communications > > *www.Myakka.com <https://www.Myakka.com>* > > > > ------ > > > > 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. > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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