Thanx All!
It Has been agonizing but the wife & I decided it was time to upgrade our data plan on our phones to unlimited.
Turns out to be a bonus anyway, seems now that I'm a "Senior"
...its time to reap the benefits.
We switched to a senior plan and now the unlimited data even costs less than our old plan.
So I'm actually using my cell's hotspot to be on the forum so its a little slow but it looks like I'll be able to
hobble around here & get the job done.
The new router should be here in a few days and things will return to normal then.
Thanx for all the forum support!