1. The documentation on this device says not to plug it into a surge protector because it can weaken the signal. It’s good that it works for you, but that is not the recommended setup.

2. They advertise the speed at about 200mbps. This is transfer speed and has nothing to do with your internet connection since very few providers offer that kind of speed. If you were to test transferring a file over your wireless network vs transferring over your powerline ethernet, you’d probably see a significant difference. Plus as you mention the consistency in the connection is the big benefit. Also the “4x faster” claim is as compared to a wireless -g network. The wireless -n protocol can get that kind of speed (though consistency may still be an issue).

I’ve been using a very similar setup that is made by Netgear for a little over a year. Prices have fallen drastically since I bought mine. (mine was about $220) Wonder if that means some new\faster tech is coming soon?

~30Feet apart through 5 rooms. Not as fast as 54Mps wireless, but 100% reliable (as the wireless gets lots of lag and disconnects, very bad for server connections). That was with the iogear 14Mps units (7 each way). I never had to reset for a few years… and still haven’t!

The electricals were VERY old. Worse case got 5Mps, but I got lucky and found a 14Mps connection. Ping times were still very good from 2ns (worse case) and less to router…compared to the wireless 4-18ns!!.

Right now I use it for temporary connections for places that is in the process of running wires.

Good stuff, they should really integrated to all electronic equipments that have network access!