Erattic connection using Graphite Airport Base station

I have the Apple TV (new) and am connecting to it from a Graphite Airport base station (fairly old model).
I'm streaming music to the stereo speakers (from another computer with iTunes in another room) and it works but seems slow to change tracks or shuffle, and often disconnects after about 10 mins.
I have tried downloading a TV show and it's taking over 100mins (so far!) for a 30 min episode to download.
In iStat my network connection says "In 43 Mb, Out 13Mb".
Do I need the new Airport Express to get a faster connection, or is the Apple TV just crap (judging by all the complaints on this forum?)
Thanks for any help !

Wanted to add this info about my (Graphite) AirPort from the Apple specs:
"Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11b High Rate) standard and the Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) interoperability" but according to the Apple TV 2 specs it says Apple TV 2 needs:
"Wi-Fi (802.11 a, b, g, or n) wireless network (wireless video streaming requires 802.11a, g or n) or 10/100BASE-T Ethernet network" so it looks like my Airport provides 802.11b but video streaming requires 802.11a (g or n) which my Airport doesn't provide......?
Can anyone confirm if this will give me faster streaming of video?
Thanks again for any help!

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