It was on sale, so very good value for money in these conditions. The through jack lets you use what was already plugged into it (if any). There are more rapid rate these days (rare) but it is useless most of the time because (in our case, specifically) possible speed [200 Megs] is much higher than the rate provided by the "Box" and / or accepted by the Ordi [120 Megs max], no need to spend a penny more.