I guess I'm talking to myself here, but that's understandable with Asante's big volume today -- 100 shares! A hundred million? No. A hundred thousand? No. A hundred bushels? No. A hundred (I guess someone paid about 17% interest today just for the trade fee).
Well, with all the chatter on this board, I'll risk adding to the din.
Marketing blather:
Almost every day I encounter (or install) an Asante FriendlyNet router -- granted that's mainly because I recommend them so much to my clients, but these routers are such a breeze to work with. I just slapped an external analog modem on one for a client with DSL trouble with PacHell, so if, or rather, when, DSL goes down again, my client's router will connect via the modem; it was very easy switching between DSL and analog modem via a browser interface.
It's only a slight exageration to claim other companies' products either take longer to configure or don't work properly (e.g., badly-behaved firewall default settings in a Netopia router caused big email problems; Netgear's PPPoE never worked at one site and its terribly confusing interface).
Yesterday, with a different client, I added an online backup service to a server and it took about a minute to access the router configuration screen and configure an outgoing port for the backup service.
Firmware upgrades have been very easy, too, especially compared with other routers I've used (don't get me started, Ascend).
I just love working with these inexpensive Asante routers.
My only complaint so far is their unavailability in retail stores. I've ordered all except one mail order (microwarehouse, mainly) and convinced a local clone shop to carry them (mainly for me).
With truly great products and a price-to-sales ratio of .25, this stock has a chance, unlike cheap stocks with bad products. |
