D-LINK VIPER DSL-3900 AC2600 ROUTER - $173.45 > BOUGHT LAST AUGUST & NEVER UNPACKED or USED. IN ORIGINAL SHRINK-WRAPPED, PACKAGING - $173.45 ALL-UP & COURIER FEE. BEST 'RURAL' MODEM, ROUTER Top-End, High-Perfomance Dual-Band MU-MIMO Gigabit VDSL2/ADSL2 MODEM ROUTER. 'MU-MIMO' means this modem, router sends & receives data 'simultaneously' (@ the same time), which increases both speed & efficiency & means more of what You need to stay on-line with faster speeds of up to 2600Mbps. Gigabit Ethernet performance is not new but if You can 'hard-wire' Your laptop to this router, Your wired performance will/can be up to 10X faster than traditional fast ethernet. All that is helped by a quick, dual-core processor, that drives enhanced HD streaming & gaming experiences. Lastly, 'Beam-Forming' technology tracks each of Your connected devices, for optimal WiFi speed & range while D-Link's 'SmartConnect' ensures that each of Your connected devices (eg TV, laptop, tablet & phones) is allocated on both bands for optimal WiFi performance. I bought this instead of an AX/WiFi 6 modem/router because of it's real-world performance. RURAL SETTING, where I lived, it jest flat-out, out-performed the competition.Then I bought two of them. Go check out the prices, & see this for what it is; jest a bang-4-$$$Buck, real deal