[P1] Verizon DSL with Linksys Wireless Router

[Charles Pearce]

On Mar 4, 2004, at 8:11 AM, Scott Warren wrote:

<SNIP>
> I would run down to the store (including target or walmart) and buy 
> the linksys router on my own.  Prices are droping like crazy and you 
> can get the wired router for $39 in some places, and the wireless b/g 
> router for $89 (+ a rebate).  There really is nothing to support and 
> the installs are simple.

This morning while eating a bowl of cereal, I was perusing a Radio 
Shack circular that I received in the mail yesterday and noticed a 
Linksys 802.11b wireless router for $49. I didn't look closely enough 
to see if they did the Staples trick of putting the price after rebate 
in large type and the real price in type too small for these old eyes 
to see, but that's the advertised price from them. They also had an 
802.11g wireless router, but it was more in the $79 or $89 range. 
That's about what I paid for an 802.11b about two years ago from 
TigerDirect.com. Cost is no longer a reason to not go wireless.

Charles Pearce <charlesp at ksu.edu>