Why did my Apple TV get so slow?

My Apple TV was working great for an extended period of time; within the last two weeks download times for a 22 minute TV show have taken up to 3 hours. Netflix can barely stream at 240i without buffering every few seconds and updates are impossible as they are interrupted and fail to install. I first thought this was my ISP as my apartment building has been known to get poor service, but when connecting via ethernet the Apple TV works much, much better.
I thought perhaps the location of the Apple TV may have been too far from my router, so I attempted running Netflix and HBO Go off my laptop and XBox 360, both located within 6 inches of my Apple TV, and both worked perfectly fine. Lastly, I ran into similiar slow download speeds with my Apple TV when attempting to connect on another network in a different building. Has anyone else experienced this? Could it be a hardware issue?

If on wifi, try ethernet
To see a current status of your network go to istumbler or similar. Look for signal strength, noise, nearby networks.

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