Ethernet over power - How does it effect pings?

How are these things compared to the wireless adaptoe for the 360? I was thinking of getting one of those but i saw this and it made me wonder.

But those ping times look a bit erratic.
 
If you buy the right equipment (im using a Netgear WPN824 router and Netgear WPN311 wireless PCI card) and dont have walls 6 foot thick then Wireless can be flawless for things like gaming (Xbox live included). Ive been using wireless for nearly 3 years now and have never had any problems with pings. My router is downstairs and my PC is across the other side of the house upstairs and protected via WPA. Pings:

C:\Documents and Settings\Nick>ping 192.168.1.1

Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 1ms

And to ping a random game server:

C:\Documents and Settings\Nick>ping 85.236.100.241

Pinging 85.236.100.241 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 85.236.100.241: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=119
Reply from 85.236.100.241: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=119
Reply from 85.236.100.241: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=119
Reply from 85.236.100.241: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=119

Ping statistics for 85.236.100.241:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 11ms, Maximum = 14ms, Average = 13ms
 
When comparing costs, don't forget the cost of the extra labour involved in installing the ethernet compared to the total ease of Homeplug. Added to this the flexibility to change things in the future.

Homeplug rocks. It just does what it says on the tin, is dead simple and quick to install - and de-install or move. It's so good, it could have been invented by Apple

/gets coat
 
The pings are mainly down to my cable connection, but its just to prove tat wireless can be a viable option given the right environment.
 
I would like to thank you guys for your advice. The Netgear XE104's worked very well and the customer was very pleased.

I was pinging bbc.co.uk at around 24ms, my own home connection (also Virgin Media like the customer) is around 13ms (however I did install the homeplugs on a Friday evening so perhaps more traffic then anyway?).

Thank you very much.
 
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