I just got an email about a Class Action Settlement for people that bought Netgear Wireless products during a certain time period.

Go to this site to learn more:

http://www.netgearsettlement.com/

 

Wow you get to buy from Netgear's store at MSRP-15%. That's the lamest class action lawsuit payout ever!

Still, good info to have.

 

yea the discount sounds kinda lame, but it's on par with other settelments.

Time to upgrade my wireless router

 

I have 2 Netgear routers, 3 Netgear wireless cards and 1 Netgear PC card, they all work GREAT...I dont know what the big snuff is about...

 

i got the email too. can someone give cliffnotes. i tend to not read things related to my field coz i feel ignorant when they start using words from the moon

 

Ditto. The only people benefitting are the lawyers. The 15% discount off the MSRP is probably more than Netgear sells into distribution at and more than I'd pay at Newegg.

 

I've got 2 netgear routers, 1 hub and other netgear products and haven't had any problems either.

I've had quarrels with how they've setup their routers because they left out key features that for me as a programmer would be very very handy. And even for non programmers, simply for network admins would be great.

But other than that I've always been happy with netgears products.

 

I had a DS104 4-port ethernet hub that lasted nearly 8 years up to a few weeks ago. It was on 24/7 for almost a decade and always ran pretty hot to the touch. That's a good, solid piece of SOHO network hardware right there if you ask me.

 

Got the e-mail too.... pfft..

 

signed up. free money to me.

and they've already send me the 15% online discount code via email.

lame.

 

The class action lawsuit alleged false advertising. According to the complaint, the advertised speed of 240 mbps is a peak speed that usually cannot be reached under normal, real-world conditions.

 

Sounds like a sales ploy to sell products.....

 

Do you mean the law suit, the settlement, or the advertising claims in question?

 

The settlement....Basically 15% off is like a coupon to get you to but more Netgear stuff.

 

It's sort of a really lame settlement. The company is only out $700,000, has to insert a huge disclaimer in its ads, and give people 15% off of regular price (plus donate routers, etc. to a charity). Doesn't act like much of a deterrent.

 

True. The Netflix settlement at least sent me a check for 9 bucks.....This to me is a coupon to get more Netgear crap at 15 percent off...

 

Maybe they should sue EVERY wifi maker for claiming that their products work more than 25' away indoors.

 

Isn't it a well known fact that networking products never operate at their theoretical limits?
I've yet to see a 10mbps ethernet nic that does 10mbps, let alone 100mbps.

 

Not for noobs who aren't as familiar with the products and factors that affect performance--those are the people who advertising/consumer protection laws are intended to protect.

 

My Netgear router at work went to shit on friday...Had to get a new one..

 

there should be a class action for the gigabit switches, I've seen 4 of those things go up in smoke right before my eyes