#5348779

Koniakki

2016-10-21 09:41

That's one sexy router! Hope it performs as good as it looks. :thumbup:

#5348780

Hilbert Hagedoorn

Administrator

2016-10-21 09:43

No consumer router is worth $499.99 ...

#5348783

Koniakki

2016-10-21 09:58

Looks like that all that price premium went to the design team.. 😀 Fun fact: Price premium definition The marketing practice of selling an elite product at a cost level above that of its competition in order to make it appeal to more exclusive and wealthy consumers. A business producing a high end good or service might add a price premium to its advertised cost in order to attract more affluent customers that can afford to pay more for what they think will be a higher quality item. I think the above sums it quite well. No hard feelings tho NETGEAR! :P

#5348852

Embra

2016-10-21 12:54

No consumer router is worth $499.99 ...

Totally agree!

#5348938

nz3777

2016-10-21 15:40

As Hilbert stated not worth 499.99, the most id pay for a router is $150 max! You can build a whole new system with what they charge for the router alone. I guess its good for the lucky few who can afford it.Fun reading about the things I cant have, just makes my day all that better.lol

#5348953

lucidus

2016-10-21 16:01

There's a wireless-ad now? I'm behind the times with my wireless-n! The plex thing is weird though.

#5349088

Koniakki

2016-10-21 20:11

There's a wireless-ad now? I'm behind the times with my wireless-n! ....

You would be surprised. :P [spoiler]WIKI: 802.11 802.11a 802.11b 802.11g 802.11-2007 802.11n 802.11-2012 802.11ac 802.11ad 802.11af 802.11ah 802.11ai 802.11aj 802.11aq 802.11ax 802.11ay[/spoiler]

#5349571

tsunami231

2016-10-23 02:50

No consumer router is worth $499.99 ...

That dont stop the people that buy them, I could argue no consumer GPU is worth 600$ let alone 1K but people buy them, The more people buy at them crazy prices the more they will increase it. I think 200$ is to much for router

#5349921

sykozis

2016-10-24 05:17

No consumer router is worth $499.99 ...

That's exactly what I was thinking when I saw the price...

That dont stop the people that buy them, I could argue no consumer GPU is worth 600$ let alone 1K but people buy them, The more people buy at them crazy prices the more they will increase it. I think 200$ is to much for router

Exactly....

#5350418

the9quad

2016-10-25 02:51

I spent $399 on an Orbi, and couldn't be happier. It solved a long standing issue of whole house wifi for me. In rooms where I couldn't even get a signal using a stand alone router I now get 175Mbps on my iphone and my wife gets 250Mbps on her S7. If you do not have the option to run wire to access points, I'd say that is worth $399. I also spent the extra couple hundred for a 8 port switch and a edgerouter lite though. So all in, I would say $600 for reliable router and wireless access.