Well it might improve some of the quality depending on if belkin's stuff was built at different manufactures. So I would assume they would bring that in house if it was
Belkin typically had reasonable hardware, their problem mostly were from firmware/software and support. If FoxConn can find the right partnership for those (or expand the effort to do it correctly in house), it can only improve.
It wasn't the product quality that I was talking about. I was referring to their customer service and how they work their employees. The management of Belkin is evil, plain and simple. They screw both their employees and their customers, and rake in profits simply because their products are everywhere. (Do you remember their router spyware/adware incident? That never went away. The media just stopped reporting on it.)
Foxconn is worse on both fronts, and their products hide everywhere, in nearly every electronic device, making their ability to make profits while doing such evil even more insidious. If anything is the Evil Empire, it is Foxconn buying Belkin.
Guess Belkin jumped on that money before the Prez try to block them from selling to an international company. Its the market he glorified, but he want to hold back companies from selling to the highest bidder, if they choose to. Hopefully this will bring the quality of Belkin up a notch and Linksys quality is equal to its price.
That has more to do with Qualcomm building 5G wireless network gear. I do not see Belkin or Linksys gear in the backbone of the Cell network in away that more enterprise gear would be.
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dgingeri - Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - link
As awful as Belkin is, I think this is even worse.Dahak - Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - link
Well it might improve some of the quality depending on if belkin's stuff was built at different manufactures. So I would assume they would bring that in house if it wasPersonally I have not used much of their stuff
0ldman79 - Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - link
Most of the issues I've had out of Belkin were related to poor NAT or just overall instabilities in the OS running the router.We've bridged the routers and used a Belkin as an AP for years without issue. If they can run DD-WRT they're fine.
Software has been the issue for us, not hardware.
dgingeri - Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - link
The NAT issue with Belkin routers is because it snoops all the traffic.frenchy_2001 - Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - link
Belkin typically had reasonable hardware, their problem mostly were from firmware/software and support.If FoxConn can find the right partnership for those (or expand the effort to do it correctly in house), it can only improve.
dgingeri - Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - link
It wasn't the product quality that I was talking about. I was referring to their customer service and how they work their employees. The management of Belkin is evil, plain and simple. They screw both their employees and their customers, and rake in profits simply because their products are everywhere. (Do you remember their router spyware/adware incident? That never went away. The media just stopped reporting on it.)Foxconn is worse on both fronts, and their products hide everywhere, in nearly every electronic device, making their ability to make profits while doing such evil even more insidious. If anything is the Evil Empire, it is Foxconn buying Belkin.
c1979h4life - Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - link
Guess Belkin jumped on that money before the Prez try to block them from selling to an international company. Its the market he glorified, but he want to hold back companies from selling to the highest bidder, if they choose to. Hopefully this will bring the quality of Belkin up a notch and Linksys quality is equal to its price.unrulycow - Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - link
It won't happen. If the US government isn't going to let Qualcomm get bought by the Chinese, they won't allow Belkin either.Lord of the Bored - Thursday, March 29, 2018 - link
Belkin is a lot less likely to draw a block. This isn't a serious monopoly issue, and Belkin doesn't have any critical defense contracts.Yojimbo - Thursday, March 29, 2018 - link
Foxconn is Taiwanese, not Chinese. Belkin doesn't control a large share of the 5G IP.Dahak - Thursday, March 29, 2018 - link
That has more to do with Qualcomm building 5G wireless network gear. I do not see Belkin or Linksys gear in the backbone of the Cell network in away that more enterprise gear would be.