Up and Down Internet Connection

Recently my MacBook is having up and down internet connection. I'm using the new Aiport Extreme base station which is connected to my cable modem. By up and down I mean, the connection seems to go in and out.
My Airport signal status is full bars, so it seems to see the base station. It is like the radio signal or whatever gets tangled and drops connection. I have completely reset the base station and started fresh. I've unplugged the modem and base station and gone through all the basic troubleshooting steps.
My wife has a PowerBook G4 and she can surf with no hiccups, while my machine stalls. One thing I have done to keep a solid connection is to connect iTunes to an internet radio station. It seems like the stream keeps the connection without dropping?
Any ideas on what is going on? Is my internal airport card bad or are is there something else going wrong? Any help or insight is appreciated.
Thanks.

Try…
1) Resetting PRAM…
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238
2) Setting your Airport to connect to "Preferred networks" rather than Automatic (done in System Preferences > Network > Airport > Airport)
3) Make sure your home network is at the top of your Preferred networks list
4) Failing those delete your wireless network profile, apply the change and readd your profile

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