I ordered an Apple wireless router today. Does it cost more than a Netgear or Linksys? Only by a couple of dollars for similar features. After more Wi-Fi experimentation at home I found that all my wireless stuff tends to blink out on it, including my DVR (which in turn connects to my Xbox), the Wii, the iPhone, and even my MacPro when it's sitting right next to the router (normally just wired). Clearly it ain't right.
I have to hang on to the old Linksys for the time being if I want to continue to have Vonage phone service. I'm only keeping that service for two reasons at this point. The first is that I like having some kind of 911 service in the house. The second is the off chance that I need to do an interview for the podcast over the phone. I don't actually call anyone on it.
I have 2 of the Airport Extreme's in my house which I use so that my Tivo and Xbox can connect back up to my network upstairs. The AEx's were the first units I found that actually got it right, wireless-n with gigabit ports with the ability to extend/bridge/WDS the units. For the longest time, companies were selling .11n routers w/o gigabit ports (which baffled me, the only way to get the true N speeds would be to stay 100% wireless).
With the current network I have in place, the Airports run a 5.8Ghz N only network and my old Netgear wireless router (acting as an access point now) spits out a b/g network. I run it this way so I don't run the risk of dumbening down the N-network to G speeds.
I also have 2 airport extremes that I use for all of my internet needs (wireless router, extending the network, streaming music, TiVo connection, etc.) and have very few issues. There is always something comforting in knowing that you have Apple-ized a little more of your computing experience :)