2011 mbp and charter cable internet

i just got charter high speed cable internet installed. i was with U-verse. So i thought going from 18 mb download to 30 mb download for less money was good. but now my mbp freezes up when loading pages. wife's imac no issues. ipads no issues. iphone no issues. just the mac book pro.
it slows down connected by ethernet or wirelss. i also have a time capsule and tried to go through that and that also slows down.
but speed tests show 30-50 mb down load and when it works, it flies but more often than not, it freezes. 10-15 seconds to load a page. to get to these forums, it was slow.
i got 8mb ram on mbp. bought it in july 2011.
i did not have these issues with u-verse. so it has to be something between the charter set up on the modem but i don't know what to look for.
thanks

Can you login into the modem configuration and change the lease times of the IP address ?
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Sincerely yours,
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