Well I just installed Vuze aka Azureus (dumb that you have to
jump through hoops to get the old interface back). But shockingly, my download speeds are back to normal. WTF? The latest version of uTorrent must have some bugs I guess, very strange.
So FYI, uTorrent may have some issues that need to be resolved. Good thing I didn't call Shaw and complain haha. Thanks for the replies everyone.