Will several wireless networks in the same house disrupt APort connection?

I live in a two-family house and in the past week my AirPort has detected several new networks which I have good reason to believe are coming from the upstairs unit. I'm about to get Fios installed but am worried that there will be so much interference from all the other networks (I haven't a clue why they've created so many) that I will have major problems with my wireless connection. Given that I have a Powerbook I don't really wanted to be tethered to a modem.
Also, I know that an 'n' card would put me on a different frequency, but I'm pretty sure I can't upgrade to that on my old G4-is this correct?

At least two networks on each of those channels is a lot. Their effect on a wireless "g" network that you create can't be determined until you try it though. At the very least I'd suspect network-intensive activity such as streaming video or even Airtunes will be a problem, but those other networks present too many unknown variables to be certain.
Here's Wikipedia's entry for "dongle": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dongle I recall its original use amounted to slang, but it seems to have crept into common acceptance.
Head over to the Powerbook G4 forum. The USB adapter I've seen recommended is this one from Other World Computing:
http://eshop.macsales.com/Item_XLR8YourMac.cfm?ID=10303&Item=NWTMXP802NU2C
I have no personal experience with it so do some research to make sure it will work for you. OWC's support is excellent.
I don't recall the problem with the visiting Macbook Pro. It's not able to connect to anything, anywhere?

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Message Edited by PapaBare on 08-24-2007 11:49 AM
Message Edited by PapaBare on 08-24-2007 12:12 PM

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