YouTube Unusable on Apple TV

My network is a better than average 9 to 20 down, 2 to 6 up. I have no trouble with network speed on my iMac. I can push both audio and video around the house with no problem using AirPlay or my Apple TV. I can rent a movie from iTunes on the Apple TV and it's ready to watch in 15 seconds and doesn't hiccup for 2 hours. Same with Netflix (during non-peak hours, at least). Watching a simple YouTube clip though... Pretty much undoable. The video will either load for a full five minutes, then play, stopping a few times in the middle to buffer more (this is on a short video of less than 5 minutes). Longer videos will just buffer 'til I give up, with the Network Activity spinner spinning away incessantly.
Then sometimes, even a 30 minute YouTube will play instantly and flawlessly... But that's 1 time out of 10.
The behavior is exactly the same on my household's 3 iPhones... Under both Wi-Fi and 3G. On the phones, it doesn't matter whether the video clip is accessed through Safari, Twitter for iPhone or the built-in YouTube app.
There's no time of day pattern. No-one else is ever doing anything on the network. It's just YouTube on iOS. I could access the same videos on the iMac (Wi-Fi) and they'd play with zero problems.
Is anyone else seeing anything like this?

Check the DNS settings that have been assigned to your Apple TV. Assuming it's setup to use DHCP (the default), then these should be the same as your computers - almost certainly defined by your router.
When I get weird network issues the following often works for me.
Ensure the router has the correct (and working) DNS servers defined.
Manually configure a device (computer or ATV) and set it's DNS setting to be the IP address of your router.
It's weird that movie streaming and Netflix work fine... but these apps may have hard-coded IP addresses and so may not need any DNS resolution.

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