Macbook Air works well everywhere except home, where other devices work fine.

Hello.
I've searched a bit on these boards, but nobody seems to be having the same problem. My Macbook Air has worked fine since I got it in Sept, and the wireless picked up a fast connection at home, school, cafes, etc. Just recently it started being very slow only at home, sometimes to the point of not working at all, even though all the bars would be full, and doing a diagnositic said all was fine. I tried creating a new location name, renewing the DHCP Lease, and manually configuing MTU to make it '1453.' None of this has worked. The weird thing is, is that my housemates (who both have macs) are still getting a great connection.
To make it even more confusing, sometimes it still works fine at home, and this doesn't entirely correlate as to when other people are on the network.
So again, my macbook gets a great connection everywhere but my house, where other devices are fine. What could cause this? Thanks!
(Also, please note I am pretty stupid when it comes to computers)

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