I recently switched to Ubuntu. I've been having a lot of internet troubles ever since. I used Windows 7 before.

I've had trouble loading web pages, and it would take a solid minute or two to even start displaying anything.

Why is this?

How can I fix this?

Details:

Ubuntu 14.04

ifconfig:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr f0:4d:a2:2c:59:42  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:21 Memory:f7ae0000-f7b00000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:785 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:785 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:70511 (70.5 KB)  TX bytes:70511 (70.5 KB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 14:da:e9:b0:9d:66  
          inet addr:192.168.2.12  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:11979 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:10503 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:13659505 (13.6 MB)  TX bytes:1449698 (1.4 MB)

Here's a comparison: Speedtest on my phone:

Speedtest on my PC:

Taken about 30 seconds apart.