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Jun 27, 2016
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GigabitNow Pioneers Community Network Model with Calix in Northern California

PETALUMA, CA – June 27, 2016 – Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX), the world leader in gigabit fiber deployments and Seattle-based GigabitNow are deploying their first community network together at The Sea Ranch in northern California. A popular vacation destination located along a 10-mile stretch of the Sonoma County coast, The Sea Ranch community encompasses 2200 homes. As announced earlier this year, GigabitNow has been working closely with The Sea Ranch homeowners, who will own the fiber infrastructure. Growing in popularity across the country, many communities are using this public-private partnership model whereby the community funds and owns the fiber network, while partnering with a private entity to build and operate the network. Residents and visitors to The Sea Ranch can now look forward to an unmatched subscriber experience with the Calix solution delivering voice and data broadband services under the name Sea Ranch Connect.

“GigabitNow has a strong history of building and operating gigabit fiber networks for both residents and businesses throughout this region,” said Steve Milton, CEO at GigabitNow. “As we began this project with The Sea Ranch, we were looking for a new solution to not only deliver the best broadband experience to our subscribers, but also streamline our operations to optimize our total cost of ownership (TCO). The Compass software and GigaCenter solution delivered on those needs and will allow us to remotely monitor and troubleshoot subscriber’s home Wi-Fi networks from one centralized location, even as we scale to serve new communities throughout the Pacific Northwest and northern California.”

Wi-Fi related support calls account for over half of all consumer support calls, making this remote support capability critical to enabling smaller communities to roll out broadband networks that are on par with those found in more urban environments. The Calix solution includes Compass software, 844GE GigaCenters, and the E7-20 Fiber Access System.

“Through meetings with The Sea Ranch Telecom subcommittee, we offered a number of visions as to how to deliver the best broadband experience across the community,” said Dan Sivils, COO of GigabitNow. “As a community, they chose the Calix Compass software and GigaCenter solution not only because of the Carrier Class Wi-Fi, but also to provide the best possible customer support.”

“We are excited to partner with GigabitNow on this first community fiber project,” said John Colvin, senior vice president of North America sales at Calix. “Our work with GigabitNow at The Sea Ranch will serve as a strong foundation for our ongoing relationship and showcase the ability to deliver an unmatched subscriber experience no matter how remote the community.”

 

About Calix

Calix (NYSE: CALX) is a global leader in access innovation. Its Unified Access portfolio of broadband communications access software, systems, and services enables communications service providers worldwide to transform their networks and become the broadband provider of choice to their subscribers. For more information, visit the Calix website at www.calix.com.

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About GigabitNow

GigabitNow offers turnkey solutions for the planning, design, construction, operation and support of Gigabit Fiber Networks. GigabitNow offers custom fiber internet solutions for communities and municipalities of all sizes. GigabitNow develops networks and then manages the daily operations including end user support and billing. With over 20 years of network deployment experience, GigabitNow is the solution for delivering Gigabit services to your community.

 

Press Inquiries (Calix):
Neila Matheny

707-766-3512

Neila.matheny@calix.com

 

Press Inquiries (GigabitNow):

Dan Sivils

206-905-8060

info@gigabitnow.com

Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX)— Calix is a cloud and appliance-based platform and managed services company. Broadband service providers leverage the Calix broadband platform, cloud, and managed services to simplify operations, engagement, and service, innovate for their consumer, business, and municipal subscribers, and grow their business and the communities they serve.  
 
Our end-to-end platform and managed services democratize the use of data enabling our customers of any size to operate efficiently, acquire subscribers, and deliver exceptional experiences. Calix is dedicated to driving continuous improvement in partnership with our growing ecosystem to support the transformation of our customers and their communities.

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