Calix has announced an exclusive partnership with industry-leading funding solution provider Ready.net. The partnership enables Calix to leverage Ready.net’s powerful tools as part of its existing Funding Consult Program and connect over 1,600 Calix customers with a streamlined portal to apply for and win grant funds, secure capital, and adhere to public funding requirements. At the same time, Calix will be the exclusive broadband platform and managed services provider featured on the Ready.net platform. With this partnership, broadband service providers (BSPs) will be able to dramatically simplify every stage of the funding process for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program and others like it.
Ready.net brings extensive knowledge of broadband business models to the partnership with Calix. With deep experience in innovating solutions for network planning and analysis, they deliver valuable insights for cost estimation and average revenue per user (ARPU). Ready.net also automates project management, tracking, compliance, and reporting—increasing process efficiency for stakeholders and BSPs.
Jase Wilson, Founder and CEO, Ready.net
We’ve made it our mission to demystify the funding process for BSPs, regardless of their size. Since the inception of Ready.net, our core focus has been to connect all communities to better broadband services and safeguard families, regardless of geography and socio-economic status. Our partnership with Calix allows us to scale the impact of the solutions we have innovated specifically for the broadband industry. It is about amplifying our impact to ensure BSPs have access to funding opportunities extending to 2030 and beyond. It is an exciting journey ahead, and we are just warming up.
Darren Farnan, GM, United Fiber
Ready.net saved us hundreds of hours, streamlining our path to secure millions of dollars in state funding. We are thrilled to see Calix and Ready.net collaborate to make the funding process significantly easier for customers like us. It comes at a perfect time. When you run a rural broadband business, the partners you choose to work with are crucial to your success. Both Calix and Ready.net exemplify the innovative partnerships that help United Fiber deliver exceptional value to our Missourian communities.
Michael Weening, President and CEO, Calix
Calix was founded 24 years ago with the vision to support the success of rural American BSPs. We have maintained our unwavering commitment for decades, as evidenced by BSPs like ALLO Communications, Midwest Energy & Communications, SCTelcom, Tombigbee Fiber, and United Fiber, who leverage the power of the Calix Platform to succeed for their members, investors, and the communities they serve. BEAD is a complex program. Calix believes that complexity should not prevent local BSPs from securing the funding essential to living their values and enabling their subscribers with services that are transforming lives for the better. Together, Calix and Ready.net will simplify the funding process so even the smallest BSP can win with BEAD to create vital communities across rural America.
