...and maybe 844GE?
...and I for one might want to hear about the WiFi and Smart Home stuff.
On 11/20/2018 10:58 AM, [email protected] wrote:
844E and the ancillary programs that support its use.
*From:* Cory Polman
*Sent:* Tuesday, November 20, 2018 8:54 AM
*To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Calix Gigacenters - how difficult to implement?
We could do that…on support cloud correct?
Cory Polman-----Calix
612-360-1426-Cell
[email protected]
*From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *[email protected]
*Sent:* Tuesday, November 20, 2018 9:49 AM
*To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Calix Gigacenters - how difficult to implement?
Do a webinar for us.
*From:*Cory Polman
*Sent:*Tuesday, November 20, 2018 8:04 AM
*To:*AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
*Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] Calix Gigacenters - how difficult to implement?
Morning Ken & All!
I’m trying to follow all the questions…so I’ll do my best. Let me
know where I can help and we’ll see what we can do to help plug the
holes. Sometimes there is a lot of info on the Calix site and it can
be hard to locate too…make sure you have a log in to get to the
engineering documentation.
So on the Cloud/CC+ side. Think of Support Cloud as our next Gen
product set. So it replaces CC+. However, there are two flavors of
Support cloud – EME (Experience Management Addition) and DME (Device
Management). So DME is = CC+ with some new features and
functionality. If I recall the pricing is in line with CC+. EME is
the upgraded version, with Smart Check/flow per sub/tie into the
billing system…. Call avoidance reports…etc. Anyway, we can give you
a demo of both so you can compare and see. EME has some really great
features especially if you have nontechnical folks/of after hour call
support desk taking calls. Both the cloud tools support TR 69, some
TR 181/TR 98 as well based upon what device your using for a
GTWY/Router….with the 804/844E/G/GE we can get some really great
analytics, but other devices we can pull some of that info from as well.
As far as set up…its very straight forward on both the 844E and
804/Cloud items. We’ll help walk you through and get things going. If
you want some help on the marketing materials for managed wifi we have
been helping folks with Marketing Consultations as well. Below is a
link with some videos/info from folks on here as well.
Lastly – Let me know how I can help/where you are at and I’ll be sure
to get a call set up. I’d be happy to help heard our folks if they
are not getting back to you. Just let me know.
My contact info is below…Cory
https://www.calix.com/solutions/service-providers/wisps.html
https://www.calix.com/platforms/calix_cloud.html
Cory Polman-----Calix
612-360-1426-Cell
[email protected]
*From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Ken Hohhof
*Sent:* Monday, November 19, 2018 8:25 PM
*To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Calix Gigacenters - how difficult to implement?
I should add that I talked to Mike Carpinelli at WISPAmerica in March
2016 and he has been returning my emails and had actually set up a
time for a conference. But as I plowed through all the documentation
on the Calix site, I couldn’t find any of the basic information most
vendors give you, basically a getting started guide. What are you
going to need, a step-by-step guide to hooking it all up, and
screenshots of the GUI that your people will see, and that your
customers will see.
Furthermore, from the discussion here, it seems even WISPs that are
using Calix products aren’t clear on Calix Cloud vs Consumer Connect,
are they the same thing, are they different. It seems like one is too
expensive, and the other has the secret sauce and without it you’re
missing half the features. Or maybe they are different names for the
same thing. Very confusing.
Originally I thought I just needed to order a handful of devices for
lab and beta testing, and that we’d learn through the hands-on
experience. But I backed off when I found the documentation wasn’t
telling me any of the things I needed to know. Clearly just getting
some devices in my hands wasn’t going to resolve the knowledge gap, if
I was finding the documentation totally unhelpful.
*From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *[email protected]
*Sent:* Monday, November 19, 2018 7:00 PM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Calix Gigacenters - how difficult to implement?
Cory is about as official as it gets.
*From:*Adam Moffett
*Sent:*Monday, November 19, 2018 4:28 PM
*To:*[email protected]
*Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] Calix Gigacenters - how difficult to implement?
I would love to see "official" answers. I'm looking at routers and
managed WiFi for an FTTH build passing around 10,000 households. I
haven't made any commitments yet, so I'd be willing to talk about Calix.
On 11/19/2018 6:13 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Actually this is the beginning.
*From:*Ken Hohhof
*Sent:*Friday, November 16, 2018 8:50 AM
*To:*'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group'
*Subject:*[AFMUG] Calix Gigacenters - how difficult to implement?
For those of you who’ve successfully deployed Calix:
I’ve been wanting to do something with the 844E and 804 since
WISPAmerica 2.5 years ago, but I feel like I’m at the starting
line of a marathon with my feet stuck in buckets full of concrete.
Calix has tons of documentation, and after reading it, I feel
about 1% smarter. I don’t know what the end user or a tech sees
as an interface for analytics and troubleshooting and tweaking
settings. I don’t know if you can do a standalone implementation
with just the Calix Cloud and some Gigacenters and Mesh units, I
get the impression you need to mess with APIs and tie into all
sorts of operations systems that we don’t have. I’m not even
clear on whether we need to set up some kind of on-network TR-069
server, or if that’s all a cloud service hosted by Calix.
Is the Calix stuff relatively straightforward to use, on a par
with Cambium cnPilot and cnMaestro Cloud? And maybe Calix
documentation is just very confusing or I’m being stupid? Or are
these things pretty complicated to incorporate into a WISP network
and get all the advantages of the devices and cloud management?
I’m trying to decide whether to keep struggling and get more help
from Calix, or give up.
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