Very slow video streaming.

This problem started around a week ago. And watching videos being one of the main uses of this Macbook it's quite a frustrating problem. Especially as I don't know what else to do about it.
About my Mac:
Macbook 6.1
2.26GHz Duo Core
2GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Basically, from last week, even the smallest of videos with durations of 2 minutes can be a 15 minute task due to waiting for them to load before I play them.
I've tried the 'fullscreen trick' which I see on a lot of support forums, it doesn't make a difference. I've updated the OS X to 10.6.4, I've updated to the latest version of Safari, updated Adobe Flash, I even tried FireFox (which I cannot stand anyway), which did nothing, if so, made the problem worse.
I've checked my storage space and there's a lot left.
So now, I'm stumped. And would be very grateful for some extra help ...
Luke
Message was edited by: lukedvs

Try Google's Chrome browser as well, just in case.
Have you tried connecting via Ethernet instead of wirelessly?
Have you tried another use account?
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