Wrt54g2 Internet speed decreased by 54 times

hi
im am currently using a wrt54g2 v 1.0 wireless router, and it runs at a range of 54-1 mbps. Usually its okay for the first few hours after a reboot, running at the sppeed 36-54 mbps, but after few more hours it drops to 5-1 mbps......
i have called the linksys techinical help line before, and changed the transmission rate, channel and some other stuff but the problem still occurs. i do have a cordless phone.
However on my old router, wrt54g v 5 or at least thats the model number, it always ran at 54 mbps for 3 -4 years non-stop until it suddenly became insecured for no reason and i had to get a new one.
please help me with this problem
also can anyone please explain to me how a secured wireless network becomes insecured and "ghost networks"?
thanks

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