Limited Internet Speed in OS X

Hi, I've been having problem with the internet speed available to my Mac. I have a 2MBit broadband connection and, while my families G3 iMac and my dads AlBook both seem to be able to use the full connection, my TiBook and my new iMac Core Duo only use half (at best) to a quarter (usually) of it ie 50KB/s rather than 200KB/s. Now I've just got this iMac and transferred the settings over from my TiBook so I'm 99.9% sure it's a problem in OS X but I'm not sure what. I know it isn't the internet connection because two other macs work fine and it isn't the router limiting on IP because I've changed the IP and it doesn't do anything. Both the iMac and TiBook are connected using Airport to a Netgear router and both are running Tiger.
Does anyone know what could be causing this?

Should we assume the other macs are connected to the router via ethernet? How's the airport reception on the two macs? How far from the router are the macs? Any signal degrading issues like walls, partitions, etc?

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As I have 25Mb/10Mb connection at home.
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Try to install boot camp.
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My parents pay for this verizon plan for our home and wireless devices. I love verizon becuase of the products and services it provides, but I really have a few areas of confusion. First, we pay a TON of money every month for "up to 75 down/75 upload speeds". What I do not understand is why I am getting 15 down and 18 up WHEN WE SPECIFICALLY PAY TO HAVE FASTER SPEEDS. I live in an area very capable of getting those speeds, and when I go online to try to find a phone number where I can call someone to help, I literally cannot find anything but this forum.
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Thanks for the reply ...
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