Why is infinity so slow on my laptop?

I recently moved into a new flat and we ordered bt infinity and had it installed today. According to BT, we could get on average around 54Mbps download speed and after we had it installed, we speed tested it on my flatmate's laptop (through wifi) and it was averaging around 61Mbps which we were so pleased about! However, when I connect my laptop to the wifi it is so slow. I mean, ridiculously slow. At most I am getting 0.30Mbps download speed even when i am sitting directly next to the router. Although wierdly enough I'm getting really high upload speeds (about 5Mbps). I also tried an ethernet cable and it was about 59Mbps but when I unplugged it again my speed dropped again to a measly 0.17mbps. My flatmate's laptop works fine on the wifi, even my xbox, and phone, but even when these are turned off I am still getting stupidly low speeds.
Anyone have a solution? I don't want to have to constantly have my laptop plugged in via ethernet because I like to sit in my room and the router is in the living room. My laptop is about 3 or 4 years old but in my previous house with standard broadband I was getting 12mbps speeds. I don't want to have to fork out for a new one after just moving in to my new place!
My latest speed test was 0.17 download, 1.21 upload and 35ms ping

have you tried downloading the latest drivers for your laptops wireless card
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