Building on a 57-Year History Serving Virginia, MGW’s Resilient SmartTown Network Accelerates Hurricane Recovery for Residents
28 Janeiro 2025 - 3:30PM
Business Wire
With guidance from Calix Success, MGW leverages
the Calix Platform and SmartLife managed services like SmartTown
community Wi-Fi to expand operations and network
capabilities—providing invaluable support to Virginia communities
during disaster recovery
Leveraging their Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX) partnership and a
57-year history of serving Virginia communities, MGW ensures
residents stay connected and protected even in the aftermath of
natural disasters like Hurricane Helene. This commitment is driving
investment in everything Calix has to offer, including the
cloud-enabled Calix Broadband Platform, integrated Calix SmartLife™
managed services like SmartTown® community Wi-Fi, and guidance from
the award-winning Calix Success team to transform MGW’s business.
As a result, MGW is growing residential, small business, and
community markets while streamlining operations and earning a Net
Promoter Score℠ (NPS®) of 89 for customer service excellence.
Here is how MGW is transforming into a broadband experience
provider, delivering secure connectivity to everyone in their
community while deepening trust:
- Revolutionizing how residents communicate with SmartTown,
while strengthening disaster recovery responses. By securely
connecting parks, fields, city centers, and side streets, SmartTown
community Wi-Fi transforms how residents work, play, learn, and
communicate. MGW began deploying SmartTown across Virginia last
year, starting with the towns of Draper, Galax, Hiwassee,
Independence, and Pulaski. When Hurricane Helene struck
Independence, MGW quickly leveraged their existing network to
deploy outdoor Wi-Fi for a seamless response. In 2025, MGW plans to
extend SmartTown to at least eight more towns, including Deerfield,
McDowell, Staunton, and West Augusta.
- Partnering with Calix Business Insights for an action plan
to build on the success of an impressive 89 NPS. MGW engaged
Calix Business Insights, part of Calix Success, to run a subscriber
loyalty analysis of NPS data. Findings revealed an exceptional 89
NPS among subscribers with call tickets resolved in under a minute.
To build on this success, MGW integrated additional Calix Service
Cloud insights into support workflows, enabling faster issue
resolution and improved subscriber satisfaction—key to laying the
foundation for new services. Optimized support strategies allowed
MGW to expand their community Wi-Fi rollout, introduce tailored
broadband packages, and deploy small-business solutions all within
a year.
- Providing secure, exceptional experiences for homes and
businesses with SmartHome and SmartBiz managed services. When
expanding residential services, MGW introduced tailored
plans—“Casual Browser,” “Work from Home,” “Gamer,” “Modern Home,”
and “Pro”—that go beyond speed-based options to meet diverse
household internet needs. These plans feature SmartHome™ managed
services like ProtectIQ® cybersecurity, ExperienceIQ®
advanced content controls, Bark social media monitoring to protect
children, Arlo Secure connected property cameras, and outdoor
Wi-Fi. In November, MGW also launched SmartBiz™ to boost
connectivity, security, and productivity for small businesses.
“To truly earn the trust of our communities, we need insights
into what our subscribers want and need,” said Ryan Smith, vice
president at MGW. “Calix not only helped us uncover those insights
by analyzing our NPS data—something our small team couldn’t do
alone—but their platform and managed services model enabled us to
act on those insights quickly. MGW’s commitment to doing good in
our communities is central to who we are. With Calix innovation and
their Success team behind us, we’re confident our subscribers will
stay satisfied and loyal, no matter what out-of-town competitors
emerge.”
“With Calix innovation and guidance, MGW has transformed and
expanded their business to deliver meaningful value to their
communities,” said Matt Collins, chief commercial operations
officer at Calix. “MGW exemplifies how innovative broadband service
providers are evolving into broadband experience providers and
trusted community partners. Fundamentally, their first commitment
was to secure and protect every subscriber with SmartHome managed
services like Bark and ProtectIQ. Building on that
foundation, MGW has continued to expand their services by
understanding subscriber needs—enhancing home experiences while
ensuring reliable, secure broadband for businesses and public
spaces. MGW delivers solutions that improve everyday life, and
their role as a trusted partner proved invaluable during one of
their community’s most challenging moments. We are proud to
continue supporting MGW as they innovate and lead.”
Discover how the Calix Broadband Platform and Calix Success help
BSPs bring unparalleled value to their communities.
About Calix
Calix, Inc. (NYSE: CALX)—Calix is a platform, cloud, and managed
services company. Broadband service providers leverage Calix’s
broadband platform, cloud, and managed services to simplify their
operations, subscriber engagement, and services; innovate for their
consumer, business, and municipal subscribers; and grow their value
for members, investors, 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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