Netgear faster then Airport Extreme?

I have a 10MB internet connection via a cable modem.
I plug the cable modem into my Netgear Rangemax cable router - Speedtest.net shows I am getting 9.7MB downloads - which is what I expect.
I do exactly the same test (from the same distance etc) with my AEBS, and only achieve around 2MB download?
Why is this??
I do everything the same when connecting - switch everything off, power up the modem, then power up the router, then power up my MBP. Both are at the same distance from my MBP - literally 2 feet away. Yet the Netgear gives me my full speed and the AEBS does not??
My current connection to the AE shows the following:
PHY mode: 802.11n
Channel 36 (5GHz)
Security: WPA2 Personal
RSSI: -53
Transmit Rate: 108 (sometimes this goes up to 300, even though my MBP hasnt moved?)
MCS Index: 15
Why isnt my AEBS giving me my full speed??
It is running the latest 7.4.2 update etc.

Hmmmm, not sure what to make of this!
I entered Airport Utility to double check all settings etc. I didnt change a single setting - I exit the utility and didnt save anything etc.
I ran another speedtest, and as I turned around to grab an ethernet cable to test via ethernet, my speed has shot up to normal - around the 9.5MB mark download!
Im not sure what has caused this - but things seem to be Ok for the moment!!
Any ideas what could have caused this dip in speed?
Pretty sure its not my ISP as it worked fine when I plugged my Netgear back in!

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