This deal has been going on for awhile, it started to go on clearance when the Linksys hub network set deal for 14.88 after rebate started, I also got one of the phone network kits but haven't used it yet. Not sure why I got it but for 9.88 what can you say. But about this card what it is, if you use it over the phoneline to connect your network it runs at 1Mbps because that is the capacity of your copper wiring in your house but the thing is that this card also has the function as a 10Mbps NIC card, thus depending on what and where you connect your network depends on what speed it will run on.