Constant pausing since upgrading MacBook pro to 'Big Sur'

This is likely an issue with Wi-Fi … some people experience dropouts and unreliable connnections with Big Sur. You could Google–I prefer to DuckDuckGo–for a possible solution or recreate the Wi-Fi configuration by following the following steps. Also, please note that for best results your Core should use a wired connection.

  1. Turn off Wi-Fi on your Macbook
  2. Open Finder and press G
  3. Type /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ in the box and hit Enter
  4. Select the following files:
    • NetworkInterfaces.plist
    • com.apple.wifi.message-tracer.plist
    • com.apple.airport.preferences.plist
    • preferences.plist
  5. Move these files to your Desktop
  6. Restart the Macbook
  7. Re-enable Wi-Fi

You can delete the files on the Desktop is the problem is resolved or unchanged.