Streamed video constantly freezing for several seconds...

...then catching up to the spot where the audio continued without a problem, then again and again throughout. This happens for streams (including YouTube) that have not caused these problems for me in the past. A look at Task Manager shows Firefox using a lot of RAM and CPU. The problem seemed to start in the last month (or so). Here are my system details: Dell 4600 P4 2.40GHz, XP Home SP3, 1.5 GB RAM, Firefox 10.0.2, Flash ActiveX 11.1.102.55, Flash Plug-in 11.1.102.62, Norton Internet Security 2012, High Speed DSL (tested now as 3965kbps), Linksys WRT54G. Let me know if there's any other specs or problem description needed.

I'd try a couple of things. First, does this only happen with Firefox? Have you tried Chrome or IE to see if the behavior is the same? If it's not, then try creating a new Firefox profile to see if that helps.
Make a new profile
If it happens with all browsers, please take a look at YouTubes speed test page to get an idea of what they're recording for your bandwidth.
http://www.youtube.com/my_speed#
Chris

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