A full wireless broadband router for $12.98
You can even find these days a full broadband router with 802.11b for about the same price as the above linked NYC burger. Take for instance the ACTM WR214E, which looks strangely like a painted-white version of the Linksys BEFW11S4, but with a single antenna. You can find this Wi-Fi "B" router at OutletPC.com for $12.98,
here. And if they run out of it, StarSurplus.com features the same unit for $17, over
there. It sports four LAN ports at 10/100 Mbps, one WAN port and Wi-Fi "B" wireless connectivity giving the usual data rate of up to 11 Mbps.
Finally, to end this month's column, let me mention a deal that I will not let pass personally. Having been on the lookout for my ancient Compaq TFT5000 LCD monitor, I wrote nice things about Acer's offerings in last month's
column when I discovered it at $279. However a few readers wrote back telling me to go the extra mile and get one with DVI inputs in addition to analogue VGA.
Well I have listened to them and found the gorgeous Sceptre
X20G-NAGAIII, a wide screen, 20-inch panel with both DVI and VGA inputs, at
$287 on Amazon.com if shipped direct from it, or $240 on the same site if you choose to buy it from retailer TigerDirect - you get that price after a $60 mail-in rebate from the manufacturer. Hurry up, the rebate ends this Saturday.
This scribbler is buying one of these for his review lab Always keep in mind, all prices listed here are at the time of this writing, or now as they say in Blighty. All prices are in US dollars, and from US sellers unless otherwise noted. Thanks for the feedback and please keep your suggestions coming for next month's Cheap Basket!
The INQuirer