D-Link launched its DIR-855 dual-band router earlier this month, and now Linksys has announced its rival WRT610N model at £149.99.

Dual-band means it can operate on both 802.11g's 2.4GHz spectrum and the much less cluttered 5GHz using 802.11n.

With only three clear channels on 2.4GHz spectrum, if you're within reach of three or more of your neighbours' Wifi networks you'll experience problems.

5GHz, on the other hand, has eight non-overlapping channels, so it's far less likely you'll suffer from such interference.

However, unless you're a cable broadband customer you're going to be left disappointed since neither the D-Link nor Linksys dual-band router is available with a built-in ADSL modem.

Worse still, both Linksys and D-Link couldn't provide us with a date when one will actually be available.

Although the US broadband market is mostly cable-based, in the UK roughly 50% of broadband users are on ADSL via a BT phone line.

Of course, you could buy an external ADSL modem for around £25 and hook it up to one of these routers, but it's an extra unsightly box that requires its own power supply.

Surely one of the major router manufacturers will leap in to save the UK's ADSL broadband users from the misery of 2.4GHz? I, for one, hope so as there are now five networks within close proximity of my house, all jostling for space.