"Choppy" audio connection

Howdy folks,
I've read the FAQs and the various other threads in this forum and I haven't been able to solve this problem of mine on my own. I apologise if I have missed something!
My girlfriend and I are trying to use an audio connection in iChat. Connecting to one another is not a problem, and the audio is typically crystal-clear and uninterrupted *at first*. Soon, however, it will cut out on my side (her side is more or less fine). Sometimes very briefly, sometimes for a second or two. Often it will happen once and be fine for ten seconds or so (never much longer than that, though); other times it will happen in rapid succession. The net effect is that it is difficult to carry a conversation with these interruptions. I'm hoping, however, that there is something I can do. Any ideas?
We are both running the version of iChat that came with Tiger. We also both have PowerBook G4s. My inet connection is to a university network via ethernet. My download and upload rates are, respectively: approximately 200 KB/sec and app. 45 KB/sec. My girlfriends inet connection is wireless with a download rate of app. 320 KB/sec and upload rate of app. 125 KB/sec.
Thanks for your help!
Charles Dobson

Hello, Charles
My hightest recommendation: You should upgrade to 10.4.2. It corrects several issues (including iChat AV issues) that were problems in the previous versions of Tiger.
Try this and any other relevant suggestions from Help for iChat AV 3 Problems.
The testing and tutorial suggestions in Using iSight with iChat AV might also give you some trouble shooting ideas if you are still having difficulty after implementing the above suggestions.
Also, being at a university, you might try at different times of day to see whether busy network traffic is causing problems for you at certain times.
If necessary, you can even take your PowerBook to an off-campus network to help determine whether the problem is in your Mac no matter which network you use to connect.

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