I went without internet for about 6 months while I was at my mothers house, except when I was visiting sharky.
Sometimes the internet is a rascal and doesn't work for a while. It gets annoying when I can't use it at all. Thankfully it hasn't done that for a while, not since I bought a new modem at least.
Back when i lived in florida i had some troutty internet.. constantly went down at my primetime for gaming and i would call up the company and they would say they were doing maintenance.. I then asked one time why they were doing maintenance every other night for the past few months.. needless to say there was no reply to it but an automated response of "I'm sorry you feel that way" ... bastards /humph