So, recently my internet has been spotty at best. The response to this is usually to unplug the router and modem and wait like ten seconds and plug them both back in. But recently, that hasn't been working. Long story short, it started acting up again and this routine wasn't fixing it. I tried everything, screwing in the coax cables tighter, swapping out cables (a difficult process with my set-up) and just stressing over this so much. Finally, I give up and am about to call Comcast. I go downstairs, get the phonebook, and come back upstairs to get the phone and the little son of a bitch was working. What a snide starfish.
Edit: As I was posting this, it cut out again briefly.