Problem with Skype and Wireless Networks

I have been having a problem with Airport for about 10 months. Long winded explanation follows.
Initially file transfers over wireless networks were extremely slow but this seems to have been that 10.5.2 update problem. There is a remaining issue when I use Skype on my Mac (details below) connected to a wireless network the incoming and outgoing audio drop out for 1 - 3 seconds at irregular but frequent intervals (approx every 5 - 10 seconds). This is regardless of the wireless network I am on - and that is dozens of them all over the world. Note it is voice only calls, not video. Apple has replaced the Airport card and the mother board; the OS has been reinstalled; test accounts set up but nothing fixes the problem.
At one point I had temporary relief by switching off 'Configure IPv6' in System Preferences/Network/Airport/TCP/IP. This worked for a month or so but now the problem is back as before.
All other aspects of wireless activity are fine. Wireless firmware is 1.4.4.
I have worn out my welcome with the usually sensational help desk. Any suggestions out there in Mac Land?

Hi there
Been a hectic week here getting this problem resolved. It is all OK now. Here is what we found and how it was done.
When Airport was playing up we set up an unlimited ping of the wireless router in the office. This is what it showed:
PING 10.10.10.1 (10.10.10.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=1929.885 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=929.788 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=2.633 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=1.845 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=255 time=1.941 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=255 time=1922.656 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=6 ttl=255 time=922.724 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=7 ttl=255 time=2.012 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=8 ttl=255 time=1.974 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=9 ttl=255 time=2.283 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=10 ttl=255 time=1918.448 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=11 ttl=255 time=919.372 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=12 ttl=255 time=2.609 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=13 ttl=255 time=2.037 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=14 ttl=255 time=2.259 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=15 ttl=255 time=1921.022 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=16 ttl=255 time=920.825 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=17 ttl=255 time=2.416 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=18 ttl=255 time=2.063 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=19 ttl=255 time=1.954 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=20 ttl=255 time=1917.649 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=21 ttl=255 time=917.617 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=22 ttl=255 time=2.018 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=23 ttl=255 time=2.057 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=24 ttl=255 time=2.106 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=25 ttl=255 time=1916.329 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=26 ttl=255 time=916.347 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=27 ttl=255 time=2.020 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=28 ttl=255 time=2.151 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=29 ttl=255 time=2.005 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=30 ttl=255 time=1915.818 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=31 ttl=255 time=915.821 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=32 ttl=255 time=2.091 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=33 ttl=255 time=2.061 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=34 ttl=255 time=2.064 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=35 ttl=255 time=1911.739 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=36 ttl=255 time=911.753 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=37 ttl=255 time=1.923 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=38 ttl=255 time=2.788 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=39 ttl=255 time=1.911 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=40 ttl=255 time=1907.626 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=41 ttl=255 time=907.528 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq=42 ttl=255 time=1.847 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.10.1: icmp_seq
and so on.
After discussion with tech support they said the Airpot card had to be replaced. This was done with admirable expediency and I got the MBP back in 36 hours. On testing it the same problem was still there. Identical pattern on the ping test, the fault was not the hardware.
Once more a call to Apple and another tech. This time we booted from the OS 10.5 install disk and ran the ping test. I ran it for a few hours without seeing the fault, it worked fine. The problem had to be in the operating system.
After backing up all the data I zeroed the drive and did a clean install of the OS. Bingo! Problem gone.
So after 10 months, two airport cards and a mother board, the issue was in fact something corrupt deep in the OS.
So to anyone having similar problems with Airport, run a ping test as described above. If you see that kind of pattern, try a clean install before going down the hardware road.

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