Because they are currently the best thing going. Tons of features, great support, and a hefty price tag. Basically used for business level routing, NOT for home use.
Well as I said, it's not dependent on the number of workstations you'll have. However, if you're just setting up small business networks then I doubt you'd need it. Other less expensive routers would do just fine.
yea i was gonna say you might have confused him. There are many Linksys routers out there that are inexpensive, and they are indeed owned my Cisco. Cisco is a very big company and has alot of branches of technology. If you have a small business with many computers i would suggest a inexpensive Linksys wireless router..or if there is going to be more than 6-8 computers setup with a wired conntection i would go with a decent switch or upgrade to a fast-ethernet switch.
Yes Linksys is a division of Cisco. But a 'Linksys' router isn't a 'Cisco' router
OP wasn't asking about which companies owned which other companies, he was asking specifically about cisco rotuers