Intermittent internet connection

For the past 4 or 5 days I’ve been having problems getting to some pages. I have a a few firefox tabs open, they’re working fine, they I try to open another page and it won’t load. Or it will take a long time. Then it works and I can’t navigate one of the other sites I was just on. Then I reset the modem and everything works for about 5 minutes until the problem comes back. :I have a connection but it’s unreliable.

I have run antispyware and antivirus and the problem doesnt’ seem to be abating. I have a DSL connection with Verizon. I even tried swapping out the modem for another new one I had, to no avail.

Any ideas? smack:

BTW, I am not using a router. I am plugged directly into the modem and into the wall.