Linked by JoanneRodgers on Thu 15th May 2008 23:02 UTC
In a June 2003 Wired Magazine interview, Martha Stewart said, "Bill Gates' house, for example, is totally out of date now. He built it right before wireless happened. The big tunnels for all his wires - he doesn't need any of that stuff anymore." The article wasn't about networking, or even technology, but I was struck by that statement because it was echoed by several people when I was explaining that I was running many thousands of feet of cable in OSNews' "house of the future." "Is all that cable really necessary now that there's wireless everything?" people said. As much as I respect Martha Stewart's business and design acumen, neither she, nor those people who talked to me, know what they're talking about. When it comes to networking, there's no substitute for a wire, when a wire's available. -- This is the latest entry in our 2008 Article Contest. 
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Powerline networking is a good solution for you. The odds are that none of your neighbors have it and you get the shared bandwidth all to yourself.
There are only three non-interfering 802.11G channels - 1,6,11. Routers ship on 6 as a default. Move yours to 1 or 11 to reduce interference.
Best way to combat neighbors with 802.11N is to get 11N yourself. The more expensive 11N units with 5Ghz support are likely to get you clear bandwidth.
11G's 54Mb is a lie. If any router on the channel is configured for 11b support you get 18Mb. And that 18Mb is theoretical, 10Mb or less is realistic. Switched Ethernet is not a lie, you really get the bandwidth.
Run kismet and see how busy the wireless net is, you'll be surprised.