Apple dumps AirPort routers (CNET News)

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Apple says it will stop making AirPort Base Station routers. Here's what to do if you own one, and some alternatives to consider buying.

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38 Comments

  1. Lucian Andries28 April 2018 at 06:50

    Apple drops...Apple!! :)))

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  2. Lt. Apples28 April 2018 at 06:50

    Apple made routers???

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  3. Russell Jennings28 April 2018 at 06:50

    I use the Apple airport express and it’s one of the best routers I have owned. I love it.

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  4. Bekrah28 April 2018 at 06:50

    My AirPort Extreme is BY FAR the best router I’ve ever owned. My previous router was a $200 Asus that had terrible reliability and died completely about a year after purchase. I’ve gone through Netgear and Linksys routers as well. They’ve all required weekly reboots to keep them running halfway decent. My ApE has lasted me over two years and I may have rebooted it only 4 times at the most during that time frame.
    It’s sad to see such a quality product be discontinued.

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  5. Nate Carter28 April 2018 at 06:50

    GO FIGURE. AFTER I had several of these installed throughout my house for complete WiFi coverage​.

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  6. All Kina Ting28 April 2018 at 06:50

    good riddance

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  7. TJC45028 April 2018 at 06:50

    Sad. Tim is ruining Apple.

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  8. Unknown9428 April 2018 at 06:50

    What is that? I don’t use that 💩.

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  9. Marc Eric Lane28 April 2018 at 06:50

    It's a shame because an older Time Capsule was a really easy andcost-effective way to add a NAS to your network if you have a Mac. I picked mine up on ebay for 50 bucks

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  10. blooskys128 April 2018 at 06:50

    It would have sold if it was a dsl modem..who wants a router without a modem ?

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  11. Hanzo Hasashi28 April 2018 at 06:50

    Apple never tell everytime they discontinue a product.

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  12. 5 528 April 2018 at 06:50

    Damn it all

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  13. CDP28 April 2018 at 06:50

    People can hate all they want but the Apple routers were always ranked at the top for reliability.

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  14. Ayush28 April 2018 at 06:50

    “cnet router expert”

    and the only thing this guy can say is “better features faster speeds”
    wow no shit

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  15. Emmett28 April 2018 at 06:50

    I don't really like Apple products but their routers are amazingly good. I own 3 of then around my house

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  16. Luca Becker28 April 2018 at 06:50

    There is no alternative for any Apple product. Just because no other Router or NAS would work as great and seamless with any other Apple product than an AirPort device or a Time Capsule.
    Using Apple products in combination with other devices e.g MacBook and Samsung S9 is just lost potential!

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  17. Eeshaan Pirani28 April 2018 at 06:50

    I CAME FOR THE DONG AND LEFT UNHAPPY.

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  18. FAB 228 April 2018 at 06:50

    Had all three in the past. Thanks apple for putting out products and then stopping support.

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  19. Anderson loaiza28 April 2018 at 06:50

    I didn’t even know Apple had this.

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  20. Benjamin Malave28 April 2018 at 06:50

    I thought this already happened.

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  21. OPERATIONS (AZ)(TX)28 April 2018 at 06:50

    This is old news. Everyone knew this last year.

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  22. Dennis Dowd28 April 2018 at 06:50

    I bet you that Apple doesn't even know why they are discounting their routers, of course it could be that NO one was buying them. Next they will discontinue that speaker thing that no is buying. Poor Apple, they just don't know what to do now that their stock keeps dropping.

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  23. Zenik Torres28 April 2018 at 06:50

    Tim Cook prefers Apple to make TV shows that will forgotten in a few months. He has lost the plot.

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  24. Van Herndon28 April 2018 at 06:50

    What about AirPlay? I have used express to pipe audio thru my home. Is there an alternative other than an Apple TV

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  25. Kevin Lau28 April 2018 at 06:50

    Apple lost their magic

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  26. Abel Casanova28 April 2018 at 06:50

    Well that sucks

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  27. David McMurran28 April 2018 at 06:50

    They did this a couple of years ago why are you talking about this now?

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  28. R l28 April 2018 at 06:50

    Can not understand you the loud background sound is distracting. Keep talking I am going.

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  29. Derrick Ford28 April 2018 at 06:50

    Routers are becoming more Enterprise Class. Apple is NOT an Enterprise Company... NEVER HAS BEEN, NEVER WILL BE.

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  30. David C.28 April 2018 at 06:50

    There is no device like the time capsule out there, i bought mine like 6 years ago and it works flawlessly, it so functional that it bacame my local server in my business (design agency)

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  31. CDP28 April 2018 at 06:50

    Three or four Apple Extreme routers would make for a serious mesh network for a home or even a small business.

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  32. MobileNews 2428 April 2018 at 06:50

    nice Mobile News 24

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  33. The Logic 3k28 April 2018 at 06:50

    About time!! Their routers suck.

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  34. Andy Huynh28 April 2018 at 06:50

    This was a unnecessary death

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  35. Alexis28 April 2018 at 06:50

    Thank you, Dan! Greetings from India

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  36. uktech28 April 2018 at 06:50

    They announced this years ago

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  37. Fred Zlotnick28 April 2018 at 06:50

    Many years ago, the Harvard Business Review concluded that profitability correlates to market share. Apple can't have very much market share, probably < 10%, Apple is a cell phone company that dabbles in computers. Routers are not important to their success, and can't be very profitable considering the resources it consumes.

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  38. James Bugg28 April 2018 at 06:50

    as a cable tech we always hated them things

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