Connection suddenly drops beyond 5 ft

I have been using a dlink wireless router with no problems for the past month in a new house. Suddenly I have a strange problem. If I get more than 5 ft away from the router, I loose the connection. When I go another 15 ft to the room where the other computer is another network appears (I am using the recomended software that shows my conneciton speed and networks). My network is not recognized at all over 5 ft from router.
The other network is on channel 6 so I switched the router to channel 1 and then channel 11 - neither made any difference. Any other suggestions?
As a note, I did intall Sunrocket (VOIP) yesterday. Everything worked fine until several hours later. I have now disconnected all voip equipment and phones so things should be okay. I don't know if this has had some type of impact.
Ibook and imac Mac OS X (10.4.8)

I live on almost 2 acres. The closest neighbor who may have a network set up is a ways away. Could this still be a problem?
Most likely not, especially at that range.
Given this issue and interference problems with 2.4 items, why wouldn't most people buy a 802.11a router and not a g?
Good point, but even WiFi, operating in the 5 GHz range, isn't impervious to interference. In my family room, for example, I use a dual-band (802.11a/g) wireless access point and dedicate the a-band for the Xbox 360 and the g-band for wireless laptops (both Mac & PC).

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Hi all
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Internet connection suddenly slow for iMac but OK for iPad and iPod

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Hi BDAqua,
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For the last 7 months we have had good BB speeds of around 6Mbps this has suddenly dropped down to under 0.5Mbps.
I have reset the Home Hub 2 & had it plugged directly into the test socket on the master unit which has not changed anything.
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I am a new Cisco user so forgive me if this seems obvious.
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Have you checked here https://www.bt.com/consumerFaultTracking/public/faults/tracking.do?pageId=31
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