Why Linksys routers are so cheap...

[Hewitt_Tech]

Jefferson Kirkland wrote:
> On that recommendation, is it not ironic then that Linksys is owned by 
> Cisco?  You would think they would take a product that they bought out 
> and improve it considering their name is on it.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jeff
> 
> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Hewitt_Tech <hewitt_tech at comcast.net 
> <mailto:hewitt_tech at comcast.net>> wrote:
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>     I would have said "inexpensive" but that would imply that their gear
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That's true. I thought of that as I made the recommendation for more 
competently designed/built equipment. Cisco does own Linksys. I would 
say that back when Linksys was a standalone company they did a much 
better job supporting their gear but that was at least 4 or 5 years ago.

-Alex