Mac Keeps Hogging the internet

Hi Everyone,
I have a Mac and when the top is open the internet just shuts down. the Mac is on but nothing is running it just shuts down the internet. So if I ty use my PC, Phone,Ipad or anything els the internet is so slow it jst times out. but once I close the Macbook the internet runs fine. And when we use the Mac book it still shuts down the internet. for EG. I just open the top of the Mac but I dont open the internet or anything els and I try download something on my pc, the download wont start downloading until I close the Macbook. the download just says 0b/s and once the mac is closed the download shoots up to 105kBs .
Please help,
Thanks,
Kevin

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