Multiple devices on WiFi...slow speed

In our household, we have 2 iPads, 2 iPhones, a Mac Pro laptop, Apple TV and a primary machine that is connected to the Internet via an AT&T modem and distributes the WiFi signal throughout via an older style Airport Express (the flat, round-edged square thing rated at 802.11ac wireless) that replaced the triangular round spaceship model (rated at 802.11abgn). And after years of going back and forth with AT&T complaining about near dial-up speed (while paying for the maximum tiered speed level), I'm at my wit's end. Sometimes I get absolutely NO signal at all.
When I check my speeds using Speedtest, it fluctuates from 1.32 MBps Download Speed (on rare occasion) and 0.32 Mbps Upload, to 0.29 DL and 0.24 UL (more the average). I've had no less than 8 AT&T techs out and they've all checked the wiring, the connections, and nothing. One was honest enough to tell me that I was paying for the top tier pricing for speeds for nothing because it's impossible due to the distance and route the lines come to my house from the main station.
So I'm thinking of buying the latest Airport Express Base Station which promises 3x's faster transmission BUT (I was told), if I have any device that uses the slower protocol, it sticks to that.
Another idea I had is to wire up two leads from the telephone box—one that goes to the primary computer (that has the modem and base station), and another line on the other side of the house that will have my old base station. We can simply connect via Ethernet into that.
One last thing...I have an old, 1912 house that has lathe and plaster walls that I've heard reduces WiFi signals substantially. Let me know if I'm WAY off the mark.
Thanks for listening.

OK folks, here's the scoop...
I tried configuring the devices as directed, but I could not find the same interface as shown in your provided screen shots.
But here's something weird...
Since my initial post, I purchased some music instructional materials and tutorials that included some PDFs as well as some Mp3s totalling about 46MBs. The seller had me go to a 3rd-party e-commerce site he uses after I paid through Paypal, etc. It's all legit. He's a well-known YouTube-based instructor.
So I begin the download process after receving a direct download link and at about the 2.8 - 3MB mark the transmission goes dead in the download process. I tried to download several times, and even switched browsers (from Firefox to Safari) and both hung up and froze at the same point. Unfortunately, this e-commerce site does not allow more than 5 download attempts — so after the 5th time, I was screwed.
I then email the instructor telling him about never actually getting the files, so he sends me everything via email instead.
I open his emails and 46MBs worth of files download in less than 15 seconds!
I have no idea why the browsers are hanging. I've tried flushing the caches, restarting, etc., but I'm still getting the same hangup/freeze issues, yet emails come through at lightning speed.
Any clues as to why this would be?
Just to reiterate...I'm using an iMac running 10.6.8, 2.8 GHz Intel Core with 4GB SDRAM and I have the OS Firewall set to Off.

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