I think my internet is fixed now.

[Floyd]

A few months ago the internet provider in this area sent my great aunt a DSL Modem. she has no computer and has no idea how to use one,  so I kept the modem for myself. I installed it here today and my internet seems to be a lot more stable now. the fact that I had to install software on my computer to use it and jump through a bunch of hoops on the ISP's website to use the modem is a bit unsettling, if they can redirect my internet to their website any time they want to, it makes me wonder if they can see what I am doing here. anyway, everything seems to be in fine working order, and according to an internet speed test, it is slightly faster. The new modem does not seem to have any new features, and the download speed is still only 3 mbps, even though the modem is called the "gigaset" I can still enable port forwarding and disable the firewall, so that is all that matters.