Slow connection speed on new laptop - BT Hub3

Hello,
i recently bought a new laptop and since i started using the internet on it I have some speed problems. I explain below.
My laptop is new (samsung with windows 7 home premium SP1 64-bit version), i bought it about a month ago and after using it, sometimes I noticed a slow internet connection. Sometimes it got very slow and the pages couldn't be loaded. On a few occasions my connection gets lost for seconds but that doesn't happen to my other old laptops!
I also have 2 other laptops with no connection problems and tried to see what could be the problem.
My wireless router is BT hub3 and seems to be OK and gives to the old 2 laptops its maximum speed about 6-7 mbs.
I then compared the three laptops' settings and what I observed was that my new laptop had a low speed at the connection status window (control panel > netw. & internet > netw. & sharing center > connection status), when i click on the name of my connection and check its status i find that: the speed is usually 18-24 Mbps. It also fluctuates over time, sometimes it gets up to 54 mbps other times down to 11 mbps. I found really strange that my 2 old laptops have a stable speed of 54 mbps when i check the same connection status. With the new laptop my internet doesnt get its maximum speed, when the laptop's speed is down to 18 mbps I run an online speedtest and get 4-5 Mbps instead of 6-7 with the 54 mbps, as the old 2 laptops do.
I used to have connection problems with my old router (BT Hub2) some time ago, so I know about removing any other interference (currently i have no tv on, the microwave is not near the router, i use the least busy wireless channel and tried to place the laptop near the router but it's not much better).
Something else to notice is that I get the same problem when my new laptop is the only one working, with the other two the old ones being switched off. I haven't checked that several times, it might be worse when the new laptop is working along with one of the old ones but i don't really think that matters.
My new laptop uses a network adapter Broadcom 802.11n and the old 2 laptops have an Atheros AR5007EG. At another online forum I asked the same question they told me to try and change the radio type of my router to b/g instead of b/g/n, as the new laptop could be trying to connect on n speed but gets affected by the old ones who connect to the b/g type. I am not sure that could help as my laptop is brand new and should be compatible to the bt hub3 router using the new 802.11n system.
Can someone give some help with my problem? Even if i can't solve the problem I would like to have a feeling of the problem being a laptop problem or just incompatibility of my laptop to the router?? If it's a laptop problem I should consider asking for a replacement or repair.
Thanks very much for any help!

thanks for the answer, coming back to my problem...
I have tried switching to 802.11b/g, i see some improvement but this is happening occasionally. my speed is up to 5 mbs when my old laptops have the proper 7 mbs speed.
what is still happening is my connection status speed on my laptop shows 54 mbps for some time and then drops to 18 mbps. it also generally fluctuates and is not stable at 54 mbps as with my old laptops. when it's down to 18 mbps the speedtest result is 5 mbs. my old laptops (which are older technology after all..) always get to the 7mbs speed which is what I pay for.
i am not sure what the connetion status speed on my laptop should be, why it is not stable as with my old laptops and why I am not getting a stable proper speed of 7 mbs with my new laptop. could it be a hardware issue? What other possible reasons for that problem could be? as I said above no other devices are near my router and I use the inssider software to find the less busy channel.

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