The WRT54GL: A 54Mbps router from 2005 still makes millions for Linksys

In a time when consumers routinely replace gadgets with new models after just two or three years, some products stand out for being built to last.

Witness the Linksys WRT54GL, the famous wireless router that came out in 2005 and is still for sale. At first glance, there seems to be little reason to buy the WRT54GL in the year 2016. It uses the 802.11g Wi-Fi standard, which has been surpassed by 802.11n and 802.11ac. It delivers data over the crowded 2.4GHz frequency band and is limited to speeds of 54Mbps. You can buy a new router - for less money - and get the benefit of modern standards, expansion into the 5GHz band, and data rates more than 20 times higher.

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Monty Solomon
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I suppose Europeans or Koreans can benefit from those speeds, but us poor US Frontier customers in former SNET-land, who pay for 6 Mbps DSL service but receive throughput, at best, of maybe 600 Kbps, can't even begin to take advantage of the WRT54GL's speeds, let alone any "20 times higher."

Cheers from the unexpected 3rd world of SNET-land, USA, -- tlvp

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