Netgear Powerline AV Ethernet Adapter Kit Impressions

While the 2 Netgear XAV101 devices that come in the kit do stay connected better than my D-Link wireless router does, they are abysmally slow. A download test from the switch clocked in at over 10 Mbps, but the same test done across the pair of powerline adapters managed only 1.5 Mbps. Now having T-1 speeds is great if you're living in 1998, but I expect more from my broadband devices. I've tried a few different outlets and never managed to get the connection speed light to be anything other than red (under 50 Mbps). I don't know how far the wire travels in my house to get from one outlet to another, but I've tried them as close as 10 feet apart physically without any luck improving the speed light's color. I'd be satisfied with orange (50 - 80 Mbps) as at least that would be as fast as wi-fi. Hopefully someone reading this will have some helpful feedback, but for the time being, if anyone asked me if they should use a powerline network in their home, I'd have to say no. My kids even reinstalled the USB Wireless adapter in one of their systems just to get back the speed they were used to. It was less irritating to have to occasionally come downstairs to unplug and re-plug the wireless router's power connection than to wait on the powerline connection.