Vs direct wireless connection speed.

I have been using a WRT610N router for several years.  A couple of weeks, I bought an iPad 2.  I don't know if this is a limitaion to the iPad 2 or a problem of connection speed wireless, but when you watch the video You Tube music videos often stops and I have to press the play button to resume.  This happens more often if I use a headset Blue Tooth connected connected headphones direct, leading me to the initial conclusion that I see the limits of the processor in the iPad 2.  However, I recently downloaded the application of www.speedtest.net speed Test and found that the wireless download speed varies from topic 11-15Mbps, depending on (normal vs. next to the router).  If I go on this web site and run the speed test of my PC connected directly (connected to 1 Gbps), I tend to 36 Mbps download speed (swollen I know because Comcast so-called speed is limited to 25 Mbps).

Opinions?

Let me clarify my speed with Comcast.  I currently have "Blast".  "Blast" currently has a limitation of maximum download speed 25 Mbit/s, excluding the "Power boost".  The limit is imposed by the startup file that has been uploaded to the D3 modem provided by Comcast.  I expect the download speed connected direct to be connected wireless speed, not just much lower.

I think that the download speed is not the problem.  I have convinced myself now that the real problem is the limits of treatment of the iPad 2. This is based on the fact that when I came to you Tube this AM of the Wi - Fi in a local mall today, the download speed is only about 1 Mbps, but I saw no significant difference in the performance of video playback on my connection from 11 to 15 Mbps at home.

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