Streaming iSight

Whenever I post streaming video (like a video message, etc) with my iSight camera it lags, skips and freezes really badly, but in iChat or Photobooth the video is fine. Is this simply an internet connection issue? A lot of friends and family have Macs and this works perfectly on theirs. I am becoming pretty frustrated because my computer is new (with Leo) and I don't understand why I'm having any problems with this. Thank you!

none extra, just the standard that comes with the 2.1 ghz Macbook. my friends and family (most if not all running Tiger) don't have this issue and a couple have the same computer as mine - could this be a Leopard thing?

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