My downloads always get stuck

OS 10.10.1 - MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013)
2.4 GHz Intel Core i5
8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Intel Iris 1536 MB
My downloads recently started timing out and not finishing while downloading via the Firefox browser. I thought maybe getting a download manager would fix the issue, so this led me to install DownThemAll. Problem still happens but at least I can click "Resume", which I couldn't do in the Firefox browser. My downloads never seem to finish and I constantly need to pause and resume them. This randomly started a week ago. I have uploaded a video where I narrate the problem thoroughly. It's about 2 minutes long.
Some notes I don't mention in the video:
1) Happens in every browser and every download manager.
2) Does not happen in Transmission when I download torrents.
3) I've deleted the SystemConfiguration folder within Mac HD/Library/Preferences but it did nothing to help.
Link to YouTube video outlining issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbPxb_gBjDM

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