Hah, look at this activity chart:



I caught it sneaking in. I woke up this morning and as normal check my download progress, it seems as soon as i touched the computer it started its waves of slowdown. Since it had been running at full speed for a full 20mins before that at least (the chart is 20mins wide) The screen cap was taken about 7 mins after i first opened up the laptop to check it. Now i am confused, it doesnt appear to be the connection since it shows there that it did run full speed.

Its not the downloading since those ran full speed for what was probably hours on end without my attention. What would cause consistent up/down periods just because the user is on? I wasn't even on a browser so its not my browser usage. I didn't even open any programs, i just plugged in the external HD and mouse