Internet speeds and time machine

I have recently connected an external hard drive and I am using it as a time machine. However, when I do not use the hard drive and unplug it, my internet connection speed crawls to next to nothing - download speed is less than 1Mpbs, if the hard drive is fired up, then the download speed increases to the normwl rate of 25 to 30 Mbps which is what it was achieving before I connected the external hard drive. So I can only get normal internet connection when the hard drive is running.
Anyone know how I can get my old speeds without the external hard drive running?
Thanks

Hi, testing in recovery mode now. Results with hard drive:
esults of last test 18.05.2014 12:44
IP (hostname):
92.21.101.227 (host-92-21-101-227.as13285.net)
Date and time:
18.05.2014 12:44
Download speed:
21 060,05 kbit/s (2 632,51 kB/s)
Upload speed:
1 704,00 kbit/s (213,00 kB/s)
Ping:
20ms21.6ms24ms
Stability:
87.0 %
Server:
United Kingdom
State of testing:
United Kingdom - United Kingdom
Statistic:
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Results with hard drive switched off:
Results of last test 18.05.2014 12:48
IP (hostname):
92.21.101.227 (host-92-21-101-227.as13285.net)
Date and time:
18.05.2014 12:48
Download speed:
3 765,86 kbit/s (470,73 kB/s)
Upload speed:
1 708,18 kbit/s (213,52 kB/s)
Ping:
23ms32.7ms41ms
Stability:
62.2 %
Server:
United Kingdom
State of testing:
United Kingdom - United Kingdom
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