2 categories · Named, not rankedWindstream
Windstream offers SD-WAN networking services for business customers, and its site also lists SASE network security and contact center as a service offerings · windstreamenterprise.com ↗
Named, too few times to rank.
A product needs 10 labels in a category before a share is stated. Windstream has 7.
Why models recommend it
“Budget-conscious managed service | Comcast Business, Windstream”Kimi K2 · Scale-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
“frequently advise against using SD-WAN hardware provided directly by your internet service provider (ISP) or carrier (examples often cited include certain white-label solutions from Windstream”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Negative question · warning
“Avoid | ISP-managed SD-WAN (Windstream, Masergy, etc.) | Nearly universal negative feedback, poor expertise”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Negative question · warning
“Broadly panned as "absolute garbage" in many experiences... The consensus is to avoid carrier-tied options”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
“It is generally advised to avoid all ISP-provided SD-WAN solutions due to poor outcomes.”Mistral Small · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Windstream, over the 13 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 0 | View → | |
| 11 | 3 | View → | |
| 11 | 0 | View → | |
| 10 | 0 | View → | |
| 9 | 4 | View → | |
| 9 | 0 | View → | |
| 9 | 0 | View → | |
| 6 | 0 | View → | |
| 5 | 0 | View → | |
| 5 | 0 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Windstream's own site, not checked by Gane.
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How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
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Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 13 of the 13 answers that named Windstream and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Forty-four of the fifty domain citations in answers naming Windstream came from a third party's page. Six were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |