Downloads hog network resources
I was in the middle of a zoom meeting on a relatively new iMac Pro, and tried to download a file through a web browser. Immediately, the zoom client started faltering and I got a message there "Your internet connection is unstable".
I've noticed this with other downloads, as well. If I start a large-ish download (>100MB) then nothing else downloads, including simple web pages I've already visited within the last hour and should be cached.
This has been the situation since at least my upgrade to Big Sur 11.2, but I didn't pay as much attention prior to that update. Is this by design? My iMac Pro is hardwired directly to my router, and I have 100MB fiber internet. So from the hardware side of things, this kind of behavior seems extremely unusual.
iMac Pro