Iphone 5 personal hotspot slow connection to MBP

Hi guys, my personal hotspot connection has been running extremely slowl on my MBP circa 2q2010 model. It tethers fine and all and is recognised as connected but the download speeds are super low, I try loading webpages on BOTH the iphone 5 and the MBP and they both load slowly while connected to each other.
Here's the puzzling thing, when I disconnect the two, the iphone loads pages quickly and suffers no speed issues.
Then I tried connecting it to an ipad via Wifi and the iPad has excellent speed and so does the iPhone. I'm very puzzled by all this since it used to run fine before but it's been a few weeks since i connected via iPhone.
Normally when I connect I connect via USB, and turn off the MBP wifi connection, this time around, nothing works. Would appreciate some advise.
One more thing, I updated system software yesterday, I know it's tempting to blame it on the system upgrade, and it probably is the reason but i just wanted to check here first. The software update may also be unrelated.

Hi bichir!
I have an article here for you that can help you troubleshoot issues with your Personal Hotspot functionality:
iOS: Troubleshooting Personal Hotspot
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2756
You may also find the "Understanding Personal Hotspot" article to contain some useful information that may pertain to this issue as well. That article can be found here:
iOS: Understanding Personal Hotspot
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4517
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities. Have a good one!
-Braden

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