Appl tv slowing down whole network to nearly a halt!!

Bought apple tv(2nd gen) yesterday. I've got a 10MB optical fibre connection (so it is a constant 9.5 to 10MB).
Using apple airport extreme base Station with latest software.
Stream movies, music, photos etc. No problem!!
BUT - I rented a movie last night in HI Def. It played immediately until about half way through. I paused it to make a drink... When I came back it hadn't buffered and when I pressed play I had a message telling me that it was going to take 4 hours to resume playback???
I then checked my Internet speed and saw I was only getting 0.05MB
Unplugged apple tv From mains re-tested speed - back up to 9.8MB???
Plugged back in re-booted... Movie still not loaded and whole network back to a grinding halt!!
Tried again later exactly the same???
Help!

If you are using openDNS or Google's DNS servers you should change them back to allowing your ISP to assign them. There was a report recently where use of third party dns servers directed requests for apple media routed the traffic through inefficient choke-points. While other services were affected by the "bug", apple seemed especially susceptible.

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