Can Apple Remote Desktop Slow Internet Speed?

After I used ARD to open a program on 36 stations in our computer lab these workstations have been really slow on the internet.  We are using Snow Leopard 10.6.3 and ARD 3.4.  We are using Ethernet connections, and have Airport turned off.

TeenTitan,
Thanks for the post. I was loading a learning software called KeySills from Sunburst. It is a huge program that loads into workstation memory from our server. All Internet is sluggish since we tried to open this app on 36 network stations at once...but more noticeable on more demanding websites that load interactive graphics or video etc. We used to be able to load the program on all 36 workstations, but now if we load it on more than a couple, it is unbearably slow to load. Once loaded it's fine.  Other workstations load the program in 20 secs whereas the 36 take 50+ seconds to load it (and even longer as more load at once). I've repaired permissions and reset cache to no avail. I'm considering creating a snow leopard station from scratch, then if it loads in 20 secs, I'll reimage the 36 stations.
It's not the network cuz I plugged one of my 20 sec loaders into port where slow ones were and it still loads in 20 secs. Also, slow ones moved to spot where 20 second loaders were and still takes 59+ seconds.
It'd really be nice if I didn't have to reimage 36 stations ;)
Thanks for any suggestions you have.
Tara

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