| Belkin buying Linksys
Cisco is jettisoning Linksys |
bill
msg:4539161 | 5:40 am on Jan 25, 2013 (gmt 0) |
Belkin buying Linksys [news.cnet.com]
Previous reports of Cisco looking to sell its home router division have turned out to be true.
Belkin announced this afternoon that it is planning to acquire Cisco's home networking business unit, which includes the Linksys brand.
While Belkin will also be grabbing some other products, resources, and employees from Cisco's home networking group, it maintained that the Linksys name will remain intact. |
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coopster
msg:4539542 | 7:12 pm on Jan 26, 2013 (gmt 0) |
| Cisco originally purchased the home router company for $500 million in 2003 |
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It doesn't seem like 10 years ago ... time flies. I think the best thing you can do with a Linksys home router is flash it with OpenSource firmware (dd-wrt) anyway. Maybe Belkin will get smart and offer it as an option like Buffalo does.
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J_RaD
msg:4540094 | 5:26 am on Jan 29, 2013 (gmt 0) |
linksys sucks.... and so does belkin.
match made in hell.
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lucy24
msg:4540118 | 8:18 am on Jan 29, 2013 (gmt 0) |
For ages I thought Belkin was simply Staples' house brand, like Sears Craftsman. I guess this is not literally true, but what the hey. Close enough.
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J_RaD
msg:4540419 | 4:27 am on Jan 30, 2013 (gmt 0) |
yea but craftsman didn't actually suck..... and if it did you got a free new one.
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