how to get faster internet?

I currently have ATT. $60/mo.

My laptop's internet is slow.
***WIFI card broke a while back, so I am having to use a wifi adapter.

That being said, my laptop's internet speed is coming up as 2.44 Mbps download and 1.45 Mbps upload.

Same speed test on my phone is pulling up speeds of 49.6 Mbps download speed...

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TrunkZ · 56-60, M

Can you connect your laptop to your router with a cable and run a speed test? If it is faster then your wifi adapter may be the culprit. If it is the same then may be a laptop issue. Is your hard drive an SSD or an older slower HDD?

iamnikki · 31-35, F

@TrunkZ I'll try that.

No clue about my hard drive.

The wifi card broke years ago got it replaced and it's out again. So I bought an adapter for 10 bucks.

TrunkZ · 56-60, M

@iamnikki The other thing you can check is to run task manager while you run the speed test so you can see usage percentages of CPU, Memory, Disk and Network while the speed test is running. It may give insight into where the bottleneck is.

Good luck.