Airport Issue, once more

Hello, ive been trying to fix this a long time but i never made it. I seriously need some help and im sry if my post is same with many other's posts, but seems that Apple didnt even try to fix it so i guess im just desparate for some help.
Ok so, browsing the internet through a wired ethernet connection causes no problems. Using Airport though..... gets the connection to drop from time to time, and i wouldnt be bothered if this didnt happen SO MANY TIMES. Any other computer connected to the same wireless network has no problems at all.
I found few tweaks after googling, but lets face it, im not a mac professional as i dont own my Mac Pro for so long, so i dont feel like tweaking than just getting an effective, official fix from apple. "Interference Robustness" doesnt works as i found out it only works with apple's products and not any other routers (which yet again, apple didnt bother to mention, searching this site and i only found a single line mentioning about Interference Robustness).
So yes, i do have a cordless phone, i do have few bluetooth devices... Arent those what people use nowdays? And no thats not the case coz like i said, any other computers work just fine. And i used to believe that my airport card was defective, but seems that many others got the same issue as me, still no honest answer from apple.
Im running OSX Tiger (10.4.11) and im using the Airport wireless card provided by apple with the mac pro. I need some help, and sry if i sound a bit of angry, but FOR GOD SHAKE, APPLE STOP IGNORING US! Ive paid much for my mac pro, and it cant even connect to the internet through wifi. I think apple MUST fix this or give us our money back...

We are just users. If you want to send feedback, there are feedback pages.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/
And there are some troubleshooting tips out there - from Apple and others, found a couple using Google:
http://www.google.com/search?ie=utf8&oe=utf8&q=AppleAirport+WirelessTrouble
A search through the forum turns up some, but I don't use wireless or Airport myself. I do know modems and routers that worked on XP sometimes needed firmware updates to work with Vista, or just didn't work.
Routers and modems that worked on older Mac hardware also needed to be updated and in some cases new models, so first thing would be to look for airport firmware and other drivers or utility updates.
Maybe there is a shielding problem, I do know proximity to base station for phones and such can cause problems.
http://www.ifelix.co.uk/tech/2002.html
http://www.macworld.com/article/60801/2007/11/dec07mobilemac.html
http://www.apple.com/support/airport/
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1145
* Start here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106858
http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n58543
http://www.apple.com/support/manuals/airport/
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/AirPortExtremeBaseStationSetupGuide.pdf
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/AirPortExpress_Setup_Guidev4.2.pdf
Make sure UDP port 5353 (Bonjour) is open on your firewall.
http://www.index-site.com/WIFI1048.html
MacFixit: (subscription for archived articles)
Tutorial: Fixing Wireless connectivity (including AirPort) problems: Dropouts, slow speed, more
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=2005093011343164

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