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Re:Weirdly broken Wi-Fi access points by pjc50 on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @04:51AM (#12486506)
> Consumer router sales are SKU driven.

Why is this? It sounds like having recognition of your model numbers is a bad thing, if you need to keep revving them so much.

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Re:Weirdly broken Wi-Fi access points by ggggggggggw on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @12:40PM (#12489932)
People rarely recommend routers by their model number, if they recommend a router, they recommend the brand.

It's very hard for marketing guys to call Costco and say "hey, you remember that router we tried to sell you 6 months ago? well we just gave it a firmware update!", and close the sale

it's very easy for marketing to call Costco and say "hey we got this fantastic new router you guys might be interested in stocking", and close the sale

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