Yea I'm using the Netgear equivalent (XET1001 85Mbps) of those powerline adapters to connect my RPi to the router. Since we're moving to a brand new home in Feb/Mar that is not wired for ethernet sadley, I'd thinking of investing in the ZyXEL ones (since I'm super happy with their NAS) and that way I can wire everything in the home easily! As for wireless, get a good Netgear Wireless N router (they're all pretty good really) and that's the best you can do right now for wireless. It's been awhile since I've look at the UVerse stuff, but is it possible to use it with an "external" router (meaning you hook the UVerse into a normal router to spread the signal instead of letting the UVerse do it itself)? If so, definitely go that route!