Wired connections from different rooms to Infinity...

Any help much appreciated with this as I got a predictably vague answer from BT over the phone -
Currently I use BT Broadband (can only get a 2mb connection due to distance from exchange) and my set-up is like this -
In the living room is my netgear router/modem along with a PS3, Xbox360 and Wii connected to it through 3 of the 4 ethernet ports on the router.
The 4th ethernet port is connected to a 'home plug' which sends the broadband through my electrical wiring to another 'home plug' upstairs which is connected to my PC.
Is it possible to do this with BT Infinity?
I know a lot of folks slate BT but my 'wired' connection has always been reliable and never goes down. I'm adamant that I want the stability of a 'wired' connection and don't trust wireless. Am I being old-fashioned or anyone else prefer the 'wired' way?
Thanks in advance

I'd wait and see how your homeplugs perform before changing.... but if you do get a performance problem that's the first thing I would change based on other peoples experience.
And as Michael mentioned there has been quite a few people recently deciding to ditch the HomeHub3.
http://community.bt.com/t5/BT-Infinity/SOLVED-BT-HUB3-intermittent-dropping-Broadband-link/td-p/2955...
http://community.bt.com/t5/BT-Infinity/Wireless-N-USB-adaptor-only-connecting-at-54-Mbps-WHY/td-p/27...
http://community.bt.com/t5/BT-Infinity/Ideal-replacement-for-homehub-needed-please/m-p/273697#M13240
And even going for a combined replacement for the Openreach modem and HomeHub3 router (Scroll down the thread to message #10 for a nice picture of it wall mounted and you can see the redundant Openreach Modem just below).-
http://community.bt.com/t5/BT-Infinity/Does-anybody-use-the-Draytek-Vigor-2750n/td-p/236713
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Hello BT community forums
I am a BT customer using the BT homehub 2.0 connected to my main phone line.
My question is: Downstairs I have the typical setup with my computer for wireless to my sons bedroom in the newly built extentions but the wireless connection is poor and disconnects often. This extentions bedroom has a phoneline in aswell with a fully working BT homephone, would I be able to set up a wired connection to the computer in the extention bedroom using this phoneline so we can have a wired connection to my sons computer?
If any other information is required please ask and I will provide.
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No you can't use the phone line to provide an Ethernet connection to your Son's computer. Also, you can't have two Routers on the same Telephone Line. Some options are:
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