I'd had a tech come yesterday, and he said that apparently where I live, the cables and connections are very old, and in my case, the cables were not connecting well. It had still been acting up after he'd left, however, as a last resort earlier today I unplugged the router and plugged it back in. Finally, everything seems to be working! He'll be checking back Friday but at least for now anyway, it all seems good!
So those of you who have been blaming apple, make sure you know your router isn't in need of an upgrade, make sure all of your connections are good and there's nothing interfering with the signal, (some companies are just horrible providers all around), and then if the problem still persists for you, then maybe think about sending a request for maybe a new device or if you have apple care, send it for repair before making an assumption that it's just Apple's fault.
I'm not fully positive yet it's fixed, I'll keep tabs on it. If there are no updates sooner, you'll know it's been fixed for me!