Ichat video conference worked for two days -- now "did not respond" error

Greetings,
I am very frustrated by the problems I'm having with iChat. I am in Alabama for a month, and was hoping to be able to video conference with my wife and 2 1/2 year old son in San Diego. On the way to Alabama we succesfully chatted twice, once over the free wireless internet at the Laquinta I stayed at, and again at the Comfort inn I was at the next night. So I get to Alabama, and now, I can still initiate and participate in video conferences with random folks (like the very helpful Ralph in the UK) and the "test" buddies, but when I try to conference with my wife and son, I get the "did not respond" error. There doesn't seem to be any logical explanation. I've tried this at the hotel I'm at, and at a local Panera Bread (free WiFi), Both locations allow me to do video conference with everyone I try except my wife and son. She hasn't changed any settings on the computer since we succesfully chatted, and she can succesfully connect with the "test" buddies. I have been an Apple user, fan and supporter since 1984, but this really makes me upset. Is there some way to figure out what the problem is? both of us can chat with anyone we try, except for the only people we really even want to chat with...eachother!
My machine - Macbook - using DSL over my airport express
her machine - iMac G3 600Mhz, 10.3.9, using Cable modem (Earthlink)
Like I said, it worked twice with absolutley no problems, and it still works, just not with eachother!
Any help would be great appreciated. If anyone wants to call me up on i chat, you can reach me at AIM ndrkk1
Thanks and I look forward to any ideas,
And finally, Apple, if you are reading this, please come up with a way to fix this problem, or at least develop the software so it can tell us what our error is, instead of just saying "failed to initiate conference because so and so did not respond....
-André
MacBook   Mac OS X (10.4.6)   2 Ghz, 1 GB RAM

Hi ndrkk,
Welcome To The Apple Discussion Pages.
I take it you mean you are wireless to the modem and do not have a Airport Express device with you ?
If you do then Jan's advice is sound.
IS your wife on Quicktime 6 or 7 ?
Has she set the Connection Speed (6) or Streaming speed (7) ?
System Preferences > Quicktime > Connection Speed tab (6) or Streaming Speed tab (7) and set the drop down to match her download speed or to a max of 1.5meg (T1/LAN etc.)
12:36 PM Monday; June 5, 2006

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