I know the box has the label "Cisco" but keep in mind that Cisco has an investment in IP Access (http://www.ipaccess.com/company/investors.php), which is one of the leading femtocell companies. AT&T typically doesn't like to associate publicly with small (aka unknown etc) companies for products that will go into the homes and businesses of millions of people, so it's possible they cut Cisco into the action for the branding/service/support part. At leas this is what was reported in or about April 2008, so unless something has changed...
I would actually trust buying it more with a Cisco label on it than Samsung (which is what Sprint and Verizon use, according to the article). I know this is made by a third-party that Cisco owns (partly) but it still gives me confidence they put their name on it. Network hardware is still the bulk of their business and I can't see them wanting to tarnish their reputation by putting out junk.
Of course they bought Linksys for home/SOHO network hardware, but in my experience Linksys routers were mostly really good, so I would have bought a Linksys home router anyway. I sure wouldn't have bought a Samsung...
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I know the box has the label "Cisco" but keep in mind that Cisco has an investment in IP Access (http://www.ipaccess.com/company/investors.php), which is one of the leading femtocell companies. AT&T typically doesn't like to associate publicly with small (aka unknown etc) companies for products that will go into the homes and businesses of millions of people, so it's possible they cut Cisco into the action for the branding/service/support part. At leas this is what was reported in or about April 2008, so unless something has changed...
I would actually trust buying it more with a Cisco label on it than Samsung (which is what Sprint and Verizon use, according to the article). I know this is made by a third-party that Cisco owns (partly) but it still gives me confidence they put their name on it. Network hardware is still the bulk of their business and I can't see them wanting to tarnish their reputation by putting out junk.
Of course they bought Linksys for home/SOHO network hardware, but in my experience Linksys routers were mostly really good, so I would have bought a Linksys home router anyway. I sure wouldn't have bought a Samsung...
Alcatel-Lucent, not Cisco