What's up with Linksys?

Most of you could probably care less about networking gear, but this is a little weird. A month or so ago I had to replace my cable modem, and it was Linksys. I replaced it with a Motorola, there really wasn't much of a selection here. Now it looks like my wireless router is flaking out, it also is Linksys. Here's the bit that I don't get: they're both designs that have come out since Cisco bought them. I probably would have bought the older style if they'd been available when I needed this gear, but they weren't. The old style is designed to stack nicely, these don't: especially now that I have two different brands.

The wireless router is a bit over two years old, the cable modem I bought in February!

This deserves a *GRRRRR*, this stuff isn't cheap and to have it crap out on you like this....!