I wanted to update on the resolution to this problem I had. I didn't want to post a problem and leave it the way this thread went. It turned out that pfblockerng-devel was my problem. Even though it was disabled both in the general tab and dnsbl, when I uninstalled the package, performance went to normal internet speeds. I tested and verified performance before anything was touched, and after I uninstalled it. I put the older version on and it did not affect my performance. I enabled what I wanted and was still good. I'm not sure why this was the issue, but all appears to be good now.