Josh,
Don't know about Sterling, but our u6's are running solid. Been using them for
a bit over a year.
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Best regards,
Mark mailto:[email protected]
Myakka Communications
www.Myakka.com
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Monday, December 22, 2025, 5:14:40 PM, you wrote:
> 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] 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> 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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