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> On Dec 22, 2018, at 11:14 PM, Jason Wilson <ja...@remotelylocated.com> wrote: > > How does one get Calix to talk to you? They seemed less than interested to > talk at WISPAPalooza and no call from the lead generated at he show. > > Jason Wilson > Remotely Located > Providing High Speed Internet to out of the way places > 530-651-1736 Office > 530-748-9608 Cell > www.remotelylocated.com > >> On Dec 22, 2018, at 7:35 PM, Darin Steffl <darin.ste...@mnwifi.com> wrote: >> >> You have to buy direct from Calix. >> >> We upped our plan prices $10 per month for new subs and now give the router >> "free". We're slowly migrating existing customers to these new plans and >> putting the Calix in their home. We're about 60% complete with the process. >> It dramatically reduces the number of tech support calls related to wifi >> issues. Huge time saver, money maker, and keeping customers happy and churn >> low. >> >>> On Sat, Dec 22, 2018, 8:56 PM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com wrote: >>> The other piece of information that wasn’t apparent to me on casual >>> inspection is there’s a minimum sub count if you want to use their Cloud >>> features. My take is you need to come at it from the perspective that all >>> your subs are going to get the Calix router, rather than viewing it as an >>> optional upsell. At least if your WISP is relatively small. If you have >>> 5000+ subs, that would be different. You could go through a transition >>> with existing customers, but eventually it would be like a cable modem, >>> everyone gets one. Either you throw it in for free, or charge a non >>> optional modem rental fee. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Chuck McCown >>> Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2018 7:23 PM >>> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi >>> >>> >>> >>> I buy direct. I think that is how they do it with everyone. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> >>> On Dec 22, 2018, at 6:20 PM, David Coudron <david.coud...@advantenon.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Where do you purchase the Calix equipment from? Our typical sources don’t >>> seem to carry them (Streakwave, Winncom, ISPSupplies, Linktechs, etc. Are >>> you purchasing direct from Calix? >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> >>> >>> David Coudron >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Darin Steffl >>> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2018 5:34 PM >>> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi >>> >>> >>> >>> Calix is the only good method today for routers and a mesh solution that >>> can be managed by the ISP. Powerline adapters suck and we don't use them >>> anymore. WiFi extenders are just as bad and we tell customers to throw them >>> in the garbage. They cause more issues than they fix. >>> >>> >>> >>> We have 850+ Calix GigaCenters in the field and are deploying more of the >>> Mesh units. Everything is very easy to provision and we have full >>> visibility into the home network. Pricing is pretty good and we get to make >>> money on it instead of the customer just spending money on their own >>> solution. Sell it to the customer that we will warranty for the life of >>> their service with us. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 5:31 PM Jason McKemie >>> <j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> wrote: >>> >>> The GigaSpire Max & Blast look intriguing. Not sure on pricing as of yet >>> though. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 5:06 PM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: >>> >>> Calix 844 has a mesh extender that supposedly has touchless provisioning. >>> I have a mesh box at home to play with but still have not taken it out of >>> the box. >>> >>> >>> >>> From: David Coudron >>> >>> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2018 4:01 PM >>> >>> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >>> >>> Subject: [AFMUG] Managed whole house mesh wifi >>> >>> >>> >>> We have been running into more and more situations where customers either >>> have homes that are too large to effectively cover with a good router, or >>> have so many devices at the far end of the house from where their router >>> has to be positioned that we are looking for good options to provide better >>> whole house coverage. We have worked with Powerline extenders, but >>> consider them to be too inconsistent for wide spread use, and have worked >>> with some wireless extenders. The wireless extenders have a pretty big >>> impact on wireless speed that we aren’t excited about them as a go forward >>> solution. We also can’t log into the powerline or wireless extenders >>> without some port forwarding work in their main router. We have played >>> around with some mesh options, particularly the Ubiquiti Amplifi product, >>> which we really like, but feel like it is not an option since we cannot >>> manage it remotely. Netgear Orbi certainly seems like a viable option, >>> but kind of spendy if you need 3 nodes. Cost isn’t necessarily an issue >>> since customers will buy this equipment rather than us fund it, but we >>> don’t want the solution to be so expensive no one opts for it. I know >>> there has been a few threads on managed routers, but this seems like a >>> little bit different take since we are going to have customers buy the >>> equipment, but would like to be able to manage remotely. I suppose one >>> option would be to still provide an inexpensive managed router as we >>> currently do and have them manage the mesh system on their own. Any >>> thoughts on what has worked well for whole house mesh systems, especially >>> in a remote management situation? >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> >>> >>> David Coudron >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Darin Steffl >>> >>> Minnesota WiFi >>> >>> www.mnwifi.com >>> >>> 507-634-WiFi >>> >>> Like us on Facebook >>> >>> -- >>> 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
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