Rented a movie from Apple tv- itunes it buffers too many time

We just got the apple tv, did updates so there are no apple tv updates to do, I connecting via wirelss home network, We rented a movie from Itunes, started watching the movie and 5 minutes in it started to buffer movie was frozen and spinning apple wheel continued to spin.moments later the movie started up again. around five minutes later the movie froze again and the apple wheel started spinning once more, during the course of the initial 15 minute movie it appeared to be buffering once more, kinda frustrating, Am I doing something wrong or am I not using the technology properly.

Intermittent problems are often a result of interference. Interference can be caused by other networks in the neighbourhood or from household electrical items.
You can download and install iStumbler (NetStumbler for windows users) to help you see which channels are used by neighbouring networks so that you can avoid them, but iStumbler will not see household items.
Refer to your router manual for instructions on changing your wifi channel.
There are other types of problems that can affect networks, but this is by far the most common, hence worth mentioning first.

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