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Netgear Leads In Home Networking Devices

The range issue reflects a larger trend in home networking, Soares says. According to Parks Associates, 2011 will be the first year when the average American home will have more consumer-electronic gadgets on the Internet than computers. If you've got the latest technology, your TV, smartphone, tablet, music player and game console can all be connected to the Web via the same router.

From the article, "Netgear Leads in Home Neworking Devices" by Amy Reeves

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