Streaming video slow - Safari or broadband at fault?

When I try to watch some streaming video from the BBC or Channel 4 (UK), the streaming is sometimes erratic and long pauses occur, which I assume is a delay in the data arriving with my Mac. I've got a router rather than a modem, which I thought evened out the data flow. Can anyone tell me how I can check if Safari, my broadband, or the web site is at fault?

Can anyone tell me how I can check if Safari
Try another browser for a bit to see if it suffers the same problem:
[Opera|www.opera.com]
[Firefox|www.mozilla.com]
[Camino|www.caminobrowser.org]
If they suffer the same problem, we at least know it's not Safari (but could be the Flash plugin they all use for the streaming video).

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