ISight - less then 1fps when chatting on Yahoo Messenger

Does anyone know why my frame rate is really bad when I use my built in iSight camera with Yahoo Messenger? No matter what I set the settings to it is a really really slow rate. I have a cheap $30 webcam that has a much better frame rate.
iMac G5   Mac OS X (10.4.5)  

If you've got FiOS you've got WAY more than enough bandwidth. Do you have a camcorder? If so see if that does any better. How does it work in other chat programs iChat for instance?
I'm not sure why Yahoo would bottleneck it but then again Yahoo has/is notorious for its lack of cutting edge optimization on the Mac side. It may not play nice with Firewire (which I believe even the internal iSights use).
How do you like the FiOS? I'm getting my fiber installed next week.

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