HT1338 My MacBook's internet is going so slow - HELP!

The internet (Safari, Firefox, etc.) on my MacBook is going so slow. I ran a speed test on it and my download speed is 5.37 Mbps and my upload speed is .96 Mbps. Nothing else is going slow. I cannot open facebook, google, gmail, and many others. It will go to the page but will be a white blank page and it will just say loading. If I wait for a couple minutes, the page will eventually load. I know it's not my router because my roommates are not having a problem with it and I have recently tried another wi-fi site and the same thing happens. Is there anything I can do? I can't perform normal daily functions on it so I really would appreciate any help!
Thank you!

Hi Kayla,
Try putting these numbers in Network>TCP/IP>DNS Servers, for the Interface you connect with...
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
Then Apply. For 10.5/10.6/10.7 Network, highlight Interface>Advanced button>DNS tab>little + icon.
DNS Servers are a bit like Phone books where you look up a name and it gives you the phone number, in our case, you put in apple.com and it comes back with 17.149.160.49 behind the scenes.
These Servers have been patched to guard against DNS poisoning, and are faster/more reliable than most ISP's DNS Servers.

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Anonymous UUID:                    FAD976F2-BE76-43AB-BBA1-C958CBF03B63
Sun Aug 21 23:30:34 2011
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0xffffff81158232b0 : 0xffffff8000220702
0xffffff8115823330 : 0xffffff7f809962bf
0xffffff81158233c0 : 0xffffff7f80a863fc
0xffffff8115823410 : 0xffffff7f80a864bc
0xffffff8115823470 : 0xffffff7f80d30749
0xffffff81158235b0 : 0xffffff7f80aa5519
0xffffff81158235e0 : 0xffffff7f8099fc4a
0xffffff8115823690 : 0xffffff7f8099b54c
0xffffff8115823880 : 0xffffff7f8099d151
0xffffff8115823960 : 0xffffff7f8184e008
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0xffffff81158239c0 : 0xffffff7f818786d4
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