From: me@coldmail.com 
  
 I used a LINKSYS router for several years, simple straightforward 
 setup, and worked reliably. Wanted to add another computer, but 
 running a cable was problematic, so decided to go wireless, and, based 
 on the reliability I had experienced with LINKSYS, I bought a LINKSYS 
 wireless router and a USB wireless reciever. 
 Big mistake. First discovery was that "support" had moved to India. 
 Had problems gettings receiver to work with notebook, and the 
 individual I spoke with was surly, arrogant, rude. 
 The wired connections worked ok, but the wireless has always been 
 problematic. Sometimes, it works fine. Other times, it won't connect 
 to the net, or it just bogs down and becomes glacially slow. Finally 
 got so intolerable, that I disconnected the router, and reverted to 
 Sympatico's Access Manager software on one computer. 
 I'm going to replace this LINKSYS crap with a DLINK router. This is 
 what happens when good, viable corporation gets a greedscum CEO who 
 decides he is going to increase profits, and his personal remuneration 
 (GREED, GREED, GREED!) by moving the jobs from America to some third 
 world sweatshop haven. 
 This isn't just some isolated incident of a bad unit - go to Google 
 and search for "Linksys wireless problems" and see how many others 
 regret their Linksys purchase! 
  
 --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 
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