Yeah I wondered this also. I've never had to pay for a firmware update in any of my router / modem devices.
My fritzbox is working great after about 4 years and it has a coverage for the entire house including my neighbours place also. -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Friday, 9 June 2017 8:38 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I'm really growing to hate this years crop of laptops What do you mean? Firmware upgrading is free. > On Jun 8, 2017, at 4:36 PM, Joseph Hudson <jhud7...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yeah but they want you to pay an arm and a leg to update the firmware a.m. > Which is why we don't do that. > Joseph Hudson > > Email > jhud7...@gmail.com > I device support > Telephone > 2543007667 > Skype > joseph.hudson89 > facebook > https://www.facebook.com/joseph.hudson.9404 > Twitter > https://twitter.com/josephhudson89 > > FaceTime/iMessage > jhud7...@yahoo.com > >> On Jun 8, 2017, at 3:27 PM, gary-melconian <gmelconian...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Scott, I have heard this in the tech shows as well. they are promoting >> the fac that these routers use cheap Chinese parts an that’s why they wear >> out over a 2 to 3 year time frame which I find hard to believe.if you get a >> good quality router it should last a good 5 to 10 years no matter how hard >> it works. I have both ubiquity enterprise routers in my office in my house >> an they have been going for a good 5 years now and no issues what so ever. >> I always update the firmware in them which is running open source router >> firmware inside of it. also thining about getting he erro mesh routers for >> the hosue as well. what do you think about mesh rotuers now a days do they >> do a good job as far as getting ehose dead spots in a 3000 square foot >> house which is broken up into 4 units. >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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