Being a beginner at this I did a little snooping and realized in control panel/network and internet connections/network connections and then clicking on my wireless connection and then properties/configure I could set the maximum speed, which I set to absolute maximum. Now I can get streaming video on Frontline:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/view/

choosing the High quality video (cable/DSL) whereas before I could not because my speed was set too low. Also it seems on my laptop that the Venturi Client software is delaying the loading of certain web pages so I leave it off.

My last full quality clip from front line gave no pauses for buffering. Wow...