I've purchased from a smaller telco/reseller. On Saturday, December 22, 2018, Darin Steffl <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected] 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 <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown >> *Sent:* Saturday, December 22, 2018 7:23 PM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> >> *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 <[email protected]> >> 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 <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Darin Steffl >> *Sent:* Friday, December 21, 2018 5:34 PM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> >> *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 < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> The GigaSpire Max & Blast look intriguing. Not sure on pricing as of yet >> though. >> >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 5:06 PM <[email protected]> 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 >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Darin Steffl >> >> Minnesota WiFi >> >> www.mnwifi.com >> >> 507-634-WiFi >> >> <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> Like us on Facebook >> <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >
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