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I havent had any experience with networking through power lines but it doesn't sound very good. That has data loss written all over it.
I'll do a little power line networking research but I think wireless will be the best solution if you can't run cat5 in the house. Wireless has come a long way and it is pretty decent now. If you want your wireless to be awsome try to score a cisco aironet base station somewhere 
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