Before learning this, I was sure it must have been either a local issue, or it could be from where the downloads were originating from. However, almost a couple days after creating this post, it was found that there was actually a hardware issue with our ISP's network, which had limited most of my downloads, here and there, but not all of them.
When I had posted this, I was experiencing the same issue many of you are describing. I want to point out that, despite what many may think, the issue is not the browser. Strip3s last edited apologies for not replying back sooner, just been busy.