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The Cisco box was one of those things where you pick it up and you're like, it feels like it's made out of aerogel. It's like, this is the lightest substance on earth. There's nothing in this box. Where did this $100 go? And the Ubiquiti one, it's built well. It's solid. It has POE. It even has a useful screen on it to show you statuses and stuff. Yeah. It is better in every possible way.

The Cisco box was one of those things where you pick it up and you're like, it feels like it's made out of aerogel. It's like, this is the lightest substance on earth. There's nothing in this box. Where did this $100 go? And the Ubiquiti one, it's built well. It's solid. It has POE. It even has a useful screen on it to show you statuses and stuff. Yeah. It is better in every possible way.

Plugging it in, starting it up with Ubiquiti, with their service, everything about it is nicer. First of all, the workflow, the design, it's Ubiquiti UI. So it's just nice. Everything about it is nicely designed. This was not the case for the Cisco thing or the service I was trying to use it with.

Plugging it in, starting it up with Ubiquiti, with their service, everything about it is nicer. First of all, the workflow, the design, it's Ubiquiti UI. So it's just nice. Everything about it is nicely designed. This was not the case for the Cisco thing or the service I was trying to use it with.

Even when I tried to call the service to cancel it, because of course you have to call to cancel, it took me two hours on hold. Two hours on the phone on hold to cancel that service. Anyway, Ubiquity Land, everything is like flowers and lollipops. It's like, oh my god, I just plug it in and it worked! Wow, it's done. And then, oh, I had this number.

Even when I tried to call the service to cancel it, because of course you have to call to cancel, it took me two hours on hold. Two hours on the phone on hold to cancel that service. Anyway, Ubiquity Land, everything is like flowers and lollipops. It's like, oh my god, I just plug it in and it worked! Wow, it's done. And then, oh, I had this number.

And the number porting wizard, you know, I'm still in the number porting process, so we'll see how that goes. But, like, everything about it was just nice. And I was just reminded, like, why do I ever buy anything not Ubiquiti? Like, if they have an offering for something, I should just buy their offering most of the time. Unless I have a really good reason not to.

And the number porting wizard, you know, I'm still in the number porting process, so we'll see how that goes. But, like, everything about it was just nice. And I was just reminded, like, why do I ever buy anything not Ubiquiti? Like, if they have an offering for something, I should just buy their offering most of the time. Unless I have a really good reason not to.

Anyway, all that is to say, I'm still going on this VoIP journey. It is not completed yet. It won't be completed until I get the number port, you know, successfully ported over. But, oh, it's so much nicer already. Everything about it is so much nicer.

Anyway, all that is to say, I'm still going on this VoIP journey. It is not completed yet. It won't be completed until I get the number port, you know, successfully ported over. But, oh, it's so much nicer already. Everything about it is so much nicer.

And, I mean, where Ubiquity has come from, like, you know, when I first got their gear, I mean, probably almost 10 years ago now, you know, back when you had, like, the separate, like, you know, the edge router and, like, a separate kind of, like, cloud thing that you had to run somewhere, like a cloud key or something like that, like, they've come a long way since then.

And, I mean, where Ubiquity has come from, like, you know, when I first got their gear, I mean, probably almost 10 years ago now, you know, back when you had, like, the separate, like, you know, the edge router and, like, a separate kind of, like, cloud thing that you had to run somewhere, like a cloud key or something like that, like, they've come a long way since then.

And, like, even back then, their stuff was still better than everything else that I had used, but... You had to give the caveat like you have to be pretty nerdy to set this stuff up. That caveat is rapidly disappearing over the last few years.

And, like, even back then, their stuff was still better than everything else that I had used, but... You had to give the caveat like you have to be pretty nerdy to set this stuff up. That caveat is rapidly disappearing over the last few years.

The only thing I can say negatively about Ubiquity is that their product line, it's often hard to tell if you're new to Ubiquity, it's often hard to tell what you need to buy to get set up.

The only thing I can say negatively about Ubiquity is that their product line, it's often hard to tell if you're new to Ubiquity, it's often hard to tell what you need to buy to get set up.

No, it's not. And that's the other thing. So it's hard to know what to buy, and their product lineup changes pretty frequently. So you have to kind of be well-versed in Ubiquity's vocabulary to be able to look at the current lineup at any given time and say, oh, I need one of those. Actually, I made a mistake.

No, it's not. And that's the other thing. So it's hard to know what to buy, and their product lineup changes pretty frequently. So you have to kind of be well-versed in Ubiquity's vocabulary to be able to look at the current lineup at any given time and say, oh, I need one of those. Actually, I made a mistake.

The first router I bought for the restaurant, they had this new compact line of, I think it's called Gateway Ultra, Gateway Max, something like that. Ubiquity is now also Pro Max everything.

The first router I bought for the restaurant, they had this new compact line of, I think it's called Gateway Ultra, Gateway Max, something like that. Ubiquity is now also Pro Max everything.