Is there a CLI command where I can check for vectoring on the C2000T or C2100T? It's unclear which option under xdslctl0 shows the vectoring option.
thanks.
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how do you check for vectoring?
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CL sent me a survey for our 1.5 DSL repair...
Hoo boy, I expect they will not make the mistake of sending me surveys in the future.
And how would you rate our service / how likely are you to recommend CL to other people? 0 - Terrible / Not at all
Please explain your rating:
This is regarding the CL customer and repair service as a whole, not just this one call or this one person I spoke to on Sunday June 4th.
I have been told by the local repair technicians in the Gilman/Hawkins WI area that they do not work on weekends, and will not repair our DSL Internet if it goes down on a weekend. If our DSL stops working after about 3pm on a Friday, we know it won't be fixed until Monday at the earliest.
And so we had a thunderstorm that knocked out the DSL and as usual I call for repair on a Sunday, and I am told it is not going to be fixed until Tuesday.
We have an antique remote terminal (DSLAM / channel bank) by Ruby, WI that still is running on 1.5 megabit copper T-spans back to Gilman, and by my best guess the channel bank hardware was probably installed sometime back in the 1970s, and the DSLAM in 2000 or so.
Pictures and discussion of our old telco technology:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20533172-Rural-Century-Telephone-remote-terminal-unit
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20530745-Name-of-this-pole-mount-outdoor-telco-canister
The T-span capacity has been "in exhaust" for at least five years, and no one can get new DSL service out here because the remote terminal can't handle any more users.
When we bought the house across the road, I went through some special hoops to make sure the DSL service would be transferred to us and not disconnected, because we would have not gotten it back, due to the unending waiting list for DSL service out here.
Occasionally we get a lightning storm, the DSLAM appears to go into "safe mode" and everyone's DSL out here stops working.
Though it is a bit more complicated than to say just "it stops working".. The Internet becomes almost completely unusable. The speed drops to about 0.0005% of normal, and only things like DNS lookups and ping works, but actual page/data loading does not work. The DSL remains unusable until I call CenturyLink and go through the whole rigmarole of getting a local technician out to reset the terminal or whatever it is they do to fix it. And every time I call for repair, the automated repair service says "no problems were detected" -- it is useless and cannot detect this problem with your hardware.
It is now 7pm on Tuesday and the DSL is now working again, and as usual they do not need to even come to our house to fix it. The problem is not at our house, it is that ancient telco hardware by Ruby that needs to be replaced, but which no one at CL wants to spend money to fix.
We need fiber to be trenched / bored back to Gilman but CenturyLink refuses to do anything about it. I have made several attempts to get something done, and some manager internally in CL appears to be blocking it.
But I do get it. We don't have the high population density to make giving us gigabit Internet or gasp even FTTH and GPON / Metro Ethernet worth CenturyLink's time.
I have even tried to get a dedicated business line installed such as 3 megabit bonded-T, knowing that this would cost hundreds per month, and have been told by CL Business that this is impossible, the capacity of the trunk lines are fully exhausted.
Your company sucks and your multi-state billion dollar monopoly on crappy service needs to be broken up like AT&T was decades ago.
We would get better service if we had an independent local telephone company like Bloomer Telephone http://www.bloomer.net/internet-services-2/internet-services/ or Citizens Connected https://citizens-tel.net/ which both have fiber everywhere and they don't whine about the installation costs of fiber like CenturyLink does..
It is plainly obvious why this is. As an independent telco, their service area is small, so they must concentrate their spending on themselves. CenturyLink meanwhile has huge profitable metro areas across multiple states to upgrade with gigabit fiber to the home.
Who cares about the rural customers? CenturyLink sure doesn't.
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Uh, what just happened (good) to my internet speed?
I'm paying for 12/1 VDSL2 service in a semi rural area of Washington state. Just got back from vacation for two weeks and see that I now have 16/1!
I did start to upgrade to bonded service about 2 months ago but had to cancel it due to issues within my home and my desire to relocate stuff before making the cut over. I'd still love to get more uplink speed but given that 3 months ago, 8/1 was as good as it got for me (found and fixed a noise source in my house), I'm feeling pretty lucky.
But still, how/why am I getting MORE than I've signed up for?
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How can Centurylink be so bad and still be in business?
I just had to get this off my chest,so please excuse the rant! This is the absolute worst incompetent company i have ever dealt with in my life.How i mean how! do they stay is business???
I have had Centurylink phone/dsl for at least 4-5 years.. I can say the only time DSL has ever worked to potential was the first 6 months i had it but it has been downhill ever since- I pay for a lousy 1.5Mbps and they cant even maintain that!
Since the first 6 months i had it,i have literally had to call every 2 weeks to 1 month for the same problems. The line ALWAYS tests good,so they claim, and its not the physical old copper either. Its always some server issue on their end and every single time they make me disconnect everything,reset the modem,etc... and it has never once been a problem on my end.
Sometimes after i get off the phone its magically working again,and i may get at least 1Mbps,but it never ever lasts long.As i sit here and type this the latest speedof.me test is showing 235ms ping with 70Kbps,sometimes the next test shows 2350ms ping and it wont finish the speed test. I am in the country, I am in a bandwidth exhaust area,but i dont expect perfect dsl,especially in prime time, i am realistic! but all i ask for is a lousy 1Mbps at least. I mine as well go to dialup,its cheaper and not much slower!
To all the other poor bastards out there that have no options but to use Centurylink and have spent half their life on their tech help or putting up with substandard service, i feel your pain.
The last person i talked with tonight was actually an American,or spoke english well enough to fool me. 24% packet loss on their end.. Be nice if they upgraded that old 286 server or whatever it is,or at least get someone in there to maintain it who has a clue. Sigh..
Oh and they have credited me some cost back for poor service on the last 2 bills, but i noticed the lastest bill jumped to $190! wtf.
Mike
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New Customer - Horrendous and misleading service unresolved
I am in a rural area where my choices are CenturyLink or Hughesnet... COX covers the OTHER end of my road...
So - knowing the insanity of Hughes, I checked what was specifically available at my new house. Web site, after requesting my actual address, showed 10MB available. Great! I said...
Called to set up service - and after the sales rep "confirmed with the Tech dept.) said that 6mb was what was available at my location. Well - not thrilled, but ti is what it is, right? SO I said ok - and an hour later, was set up with an install date of this past Tuesday. I wanted a tech install to insure it was working from the start.
Tuesday rolls around - and no call from a tech on an arrival time. So I took the day off from work to stay at the house. Tech arrives just before noon, finds the only phone outlet in the house, plugs in a handset of his own to confirm dial tone, unboxes the C1100Z router, plugs in to jack, plugs power brick in wall, waits for green light and heads for the door.... And on the way out, he said - the only speed available here is 3MB. i asked why they sold me 6MB service and he laughed and said he didn't know - as he is the ONLY tech for the region, and knows for a fact 3MB is all that anyone can get. Uhhh....
So I called customer care and the fellow I spoke with immediately tore into ME for complaining about the service speed... He then rattled off what my "plan" was... and quoted a whole different price that was 30% higher than what I had agreed to (along with that hard credit pull). I asked why it was higher than what I agreed to and he said that is the price for 3MB service.
I reiterated the AGREED on price and package and after he basically dressed me down arguing that it is exactly what I had agreed on - and after I suggested he have a supervisor pull the audio recording that was supposedly made when the 2nd person joined the call for order confirmation - where every detail was said aloud again... He immediately calmed down. He then said he understood why I would be upset with a 30% increase in price for ½ the speed I was sold. He then found a lower price he could offer me... though with a 12 month commitment (my original deal was a 5 year price-lock with zero commitment and no termination fee). OK - so I said if that is my only option, I would be ok with it.
I try to use the internet - and it doesn't work. Modem says connected - and even shows a bit over 3mb as the speed. But it isn't actually working, then it shows disconnected. I reboot the router - and internet works... for 5 minutes.
Long story short - connection is horrible. I've been round and round with tech support on the phone, customer care on the phone, customer service chat on their web site, and even their twitter support account.
Rep on the Twitter support account said he removed the $60 install fee and applied a $10 per month credit because of all the hassle, but said he couldn't do anything about the service issue - I had to again call Support...
Well - I did last night and was told the earliest available day for service visit was next Friday (1 week out). I said that wasn't acceptable as I couldn't be home again all day - plus I would be out on business anyway. She apologized but said that was my choice! I had to hang up. I had had enough. She did at least say that there was apparently a line problem (though gave no details).
Today, I get home from another half-day working, and internet is "working" - at 0.376 download, 0.576 upload. Reminds me of the old dial-up days (this is the modem-indicated speed). I would run speedtest.net, but just the home page takes barely under 2 minutes to load!!!
So - I call again to try to work things out one more time. The tech support agent again obviously is doing nothing but reading from a formulaic screen, but she does at least listen. She apologizes and explains that they have no control of priority in tech scheduling - they can only do the next available slot the computer generates. I said I understand that, but when the installing tech (again - who claims to be the only tech for this region of the state) did nothing to even confirm the service was working before he left - I think something ought to be taken into consideration. She agreed and connected to a supervisor. While waiting the 20 or so minutes for the supervisor to get on the line, she ran the tests they always run for the line and she tried some test on the modem. She said that the line test showed that (and I quote) "you are only getting 20% of the signal to your modem you should be - there obviously is a serious problem with our line". Then she said, but you modem has a problem too - as when their system attempted to connect to it, it rejected the request. Either way, the supervisor confirmed what she had said to me and he apologized (they must get lots of practice). and said he had to schedule a tech - when was i going to be available (AFTER next Friday) - So I am scheduled for Monday the 19th of June13 days after my install. He also said that the install tech should have done more than plug in the modem, watch for the green light, and leave. I said that it likely would have alleviated at least some of the headache.
So - while my internet is excruciatingly slow, at least it is "up", right? Except I return to my laptop to find the modem showed "Walled Garden" in place of the internet status. I tried rebooting the modem - no change. So I call tech support back. Another nice, hard-to-understand lady comes on and walked me through several things - and for some reason the PPoE user name and password stuff had returned to some kind of default setting which threw up some kind of security scenario. So - I'm back, with a blazing speed (extreme sarcasm)...
OH - and for those more tech minded, yes, the modem page showed MANY retrains over the course of the previous hours.
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Some devices won't connect WiFi from Actiontec Q1000
I have a Droid Razr Maxx. Won't connect to WiFi at home.
It does connect at several other locations that I access.
I enter the Security Key/Passphrase and get: "Authenticating..."
Eventually it gets to "Obtaining IP Address".
It never gets any further.
I tried WPS Pushbutton and it said "WPS succeeded. Connecting to the network...".
It never gets any further.
I have a Samsung Galaxy Nexus SCH-I515, same deal, it won't connect.
I have an iPhone 4, it connects fine.
I have an HTC ThunderBolt, it connects fine.
I have a Dell Latitude XT3 Tablet, it connects fine.
I have a Samsung Illusion SCH-I110, it connects fine.
How do I fix this?
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Actiontec GT784WN problems.
Alright. So before anyone says it, yes I have dealt with the idiocy of Centurylink link tech support telling me everything from, "you can't use that moden with us" to "we just aren't trained in using that specific modem. Sorry." and usually followed with "Did I help you solve your problem?" or something along those line. And NO Centurylink, you did not help at all!
Now that's out of the way, to the meat of said problem. Obviously as many who are reading this have guessed, i am trying to set this modem up with CL services. It has become quite the hasstle but I don't have the money to throw at renting one from them or buying another one. I have done some searching and found that CenturyTel used to be in my area of horrid Lorain, Ohio. And had merged with CL. Now I have no clue what the vpi or vci is for this as it could also be lined with AllTel, who I have been told also merged here. So that's one of many issues.
Another is that I don't know what the protocol is either, or even the Line Mode for the broadband settings. I continually get the runaround by CL because it's "unsupported."
That being said when I check the status in the modems menu the modem IP, the dns1 and dns2 are all lable N/A. Which I guess makes sense since I cant connect to the internet?
In any case I just want to know what settings I need to set for my area. Any help at all would be GREATLY appreciated.
If anyone has or knows the settings needed for Lorain Ohio, not just anywhere. Please reply as soon as possible.
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[CenturyTel] Usenet and century link question
Hi, I've been with CL for some time now and wanted to get back to using the old Usenet. Bought a copy of Forte' Agent News and mail Reader. When I called CL they told me to go to the on line chat service and "Julius Jem", the tech directed me to a site where I had to click a button to agree (TOS). After I agreed a download window came up. This was for a remote access app. not going there. Does anyone know why they would do this instead of just telling me what the NNTP and SMTP server addresses are?
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Lost Internet connection
I live in ST Paul and my phone line comes into the house from a drop in the alley where we are the last service on these old copper lines. They have told me for years that no more connections can be made to these lines. I woke up yesterday (06/13/2017) to find out I had no phone service or internet service. My Wife works for the US Government and her job is mission critical and she depends on our internet service for her job which is based out of Washington DC. They sent a tech out today that told us a noobie tech who was attempting to fix an an internet issue and all he did was unhook numerous customer. So the tech told us there is nothing he can do since he would need to unhook numerous other people to fix this problem. My reply is then unhook them and fix it. He gave us phone # for his supervisor and manager and of course neither of them answer their phones. I think it is time to tell CL to kiss my but and go with Comcast.
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Eligible for CAF II ? Prepare to get screwed anyway
I sent in a comment/question to the FCC asking about the federal Connect America Fund Phase 2 funding, and us being stuck on 1.5 megabit DSL maximum.
I asked whether our remote DSLAM that is 10 miles from the CO will be upgraded to fiber, since we are "in the green" to get the CAF II supported upgrade.
Turns out CenturyLink is refusing to upgrade us. Let's hear it for those f*****s at CenturyLink!
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CenturyLink remote pedestal: RUBY, 10 miles west of Gilman, WI
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20533172-Rural-Century-Telephone-remote-terminal-unit
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20530745-Name-of-this-polemount-outdoor-telco-canister
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how long to process an order to increase speed.
looking to increase from 20/2 to 40/2. should just be turning up the DSLAM. how long does it take for these orders to go through.
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Pinging Router
Internet has took a dive a week or so ago.
How many ms should it take to ping my router? 192.168.0.1
This is when I ping it from Terminal on my Mac. Would these numbers when pinging just the router mean the router is bad? Because pinging the router is just checking the connection between computer and router?
Roberts-MacBook-Pro:~ robertehrlish$ ping 192.168.0.1
PING 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=2.048 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=2.312 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=2.251 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=2.360 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=2.645 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=2.594 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=67.312 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=87.044 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=112.694 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=2.513 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=10 ttl=64 time=42.245 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=11 ttl=64 time=22.392 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=12 ttl=64 time=2.427 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=13 ttl=64 time=1.316 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=14 ttl=64 time=31.001 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=15 ttl=64 time=2.234 ms
^C
--- 192.168.0.1 ping statistics ---
16 packets transmitted, 16 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 1.316/24.087/112.694/34.301 ms
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Operation Advise for Bridged Modem ?
I have a Actiontec C1900A Modem operating in Bonded ADSL service. My speeds are 20 Down and 2 Up.
I run the Modem with the Radio off and in Bridged Mode. I am using a Apple Airport Extreme as a Router. Should I be plugging the Apple into one of the Ethernet jacks on the Modem or into the Wan/Lan Jack on the Modem?
I have been plugging the Apple Router in the Wan/Lan Jack on the Bridged Actiontec Modem but a Centurylink Tech told me I should be using a Ethernet Jack instead. Although he really did not offer a reason why.
The instructions on the Apple Airport Extreme says to use the Wan/Lan jack. Im' confused. Does anyone have anything to offer on this subject?
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Bonded DSL Service keeps dropping out every few hours
How do these readings look? Is there something obviously wrong?
DSL 1 Status
Connection Status
DSL Downstream: 10.076 Mbps
DSL Upstream: 1.019 Mbps
DSL Link Statistics
Link Statistic Status
Broadband Mode Setting: Auto Select
Broadband Mode Detected: ADSL2+Bonding
DSL Link Uptime: 1 Days, 18H:20M:57S
Retrains: 8
Retrains in Last 24 Hours: 0
Loss of Power Link Failures: 0
Loss of Signal Link Failure: 1
Loss of Margin Link Failure: 0
Link Train Errors: 0
Unavailable Seconds: 67
Estimated Loop Length: 3050
Uncanceled Echo: N/A
Transport Mode: ATM
Path Parameter: 0/32
Priority: UBR Without PCR
Service Type: ATM-LLC Bridged
DSL Power
Levels Downstream Upstream
SNR: 14 dB 23 dB
Attenuation: 25.0 dB 14.0 dB
Power: 19.8 dBm 12.6 dBm
DSL Transport
Transport Downstream Upstream
Packets: 15042026 15356111
Error Packets: 0 0
24 Hour Usage: 9248683.77 Mbits 8203867.07 Mbits
Total Usage: 17423073.58 Mbits 15786669.02 Mbits
30 Minute Discarded: 0 4894
DSL Channel
Channel Near End Far End
Channel Type: Interleaved Interleaved
CRC Errors: 645 342
30 Minute CRC: 0 2
RS FEC: 181797 16562
30 Minute FEC: 0 78
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DSL 2 Status
DSL 2 Status
Connection Status
DSL Downstream: 10.076 Mbps
DSL Upstream: 1.019 Mbps
DSL Link Statistics
Link Statistic Status
Broadband Mode Setting: Auto Select
Broadband Mode Detected: ADSL2+Bonding
DSL Link Uptime: 1 Days, 11H:27M:35S
Retrains: 8
Retrains in Last 24 Hours: 0
Loss of Power Link Failures: 0
Loss of Signal Link Failure: 7
Loss of Margin Link Failure: 0
Link Train Errors: 0
Unavailable Seconds: 296
Estimated Loop Length: 3150
Uncanceled Echo: N/A
Transport Mode: ATM
Path Parameter: 0/32
Priority: UBR Without PCR
Service Type: ATM-LLC Bridged
DSL Power
Levels Downstream Upstream
SNR: 14 dB 13 dB
Attenuation: 24.5 dB 14.8 dB
Power: 19.3 dBm 12.4 dBm
DSL Transport
Transport Downstream Upstream
Packets: 15051674 15363470
Error Packets: 0 0
24 Hour Usage: 9248683.77 Mbits 8203867.07 Mbits
Total Usage: 17423159.78 Mbits 15819443.68 Mbits
30 Minute Discarded: 0 4894
DSL Channel
Channel Near End Far End
Channel Type: Interleaved Interleaved
CRC Errors: 3301 547
30 Minute CRC: 0 0
RS FEC: 76983 31605
30 Minute FEC: 0 0
Clear Statistics
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Qwest.net Email??
Anyone else having problems with their Qwest.Net email? Seems to have stopped working.
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[CenturyTel] Century Link C2000T Port Forwarding
Greetings!
I've been scouring the web looking for answers and have concluded the "smart" people are on this forum!
Here's my problem.... I have CL ADSL2+ Bonded service with the Technicolor C2000T (DHCP protocol). I recently moved and "dismantled" my old network which included a Linksys EA6900 (cable) and the cable companies modem. 4 ports were forwarded in the router and everything was working fine. Fast forward to the new house (south central Florida) and the DSL service worked fine until I tried to forward the ports as I did on the EA6900 with the old cable network. I followed the C2000T directions at the CL help pages and configured one port (as a test) to gain access to a security camera from the internet. No luck. I ran a "port checker" utility and it confirmed the port was not "open" outside the home network. I added a specific entry into the Firewall table for access for that specific port and it still didn't work. In frustration I called CL and was informed they don't support port forwarding (understandable from a liability point of view) but was left with no valid option using the C2000T. I then tried bridging the C2000T so I could use the old Linksys router and could not get it to connect successfully (following the CL instructions for bridging the C2000T).
I would prefer to keep and use the C2000T if that's possible. I've read stories across the internet about problems forwarding ports with the C2000T. One complaint about failure would be followed by responses of "I didn't have a problem", etc. but no real answers or solutions were provided that matched my problem. It's actually a very "basic" port forwarding that I'm trying to do. It's a single port for a single LAN IP server. I know the camera is configured correctly with a static IP address on the LAN (it's unchanged from my previous setup) as well as the port number. As a test, I configured a viewing app on my IPhone and when I enter the "static" LAN ip address and port number, the camera is available from inside the house. Something is blocking the outside access at this point.
In my specific example, I'm trying to forward port 8083 to a security camera. The LAN IP address has been verified (it's correct) but I never can get the port accessible from outside. I verified that CL has no "block" for this kind of useage, they just don't support it. I also tried using the "real" ip address with the port appended to it and it also fails.
Any tips from those who have had initial problems as to what could be causing this issue? I'd appreciate any help....
Regards,
Hasbro
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How to completely turn of WIFI radio on C2100T
Does anyone know how to completely turn off the WiFi radio on the C2100T. I'm running one in bridge mode and I am not using the modem's WiFi. I turned off the 2.4 and 5G WiFi radios using the GUI. This eliminates the broadcast SSIDs. However, there is still a hidden SSID active in the 5GHz band. It's on the same 4 channels I need to use for my WiFi access point. Maybe the hidden SSID can be disabled via telnet somehow?
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Technical reqs for 12mbps DSL? CenturyLink don't know
Unfortunately, I am not having any luck getting past clip board pasters. It's very obvious when their response doesn't come out of canned script and they always insist further assistance is only available by voice call on the phone and when I call, I just get "our system says" crap.
CenturyLink's website asks for service address to ensure accurate service offering availability which is inaccurate non-sense at best. Sometimes they show 12mbps available and lets you order it online, but only as a new customer. As soon as I log-in to my account, I'm greeted with "please call us" or 7mbps as the highest available depending on the mood of their website.
CenturyLink Chat Rep quote:
"I'm sorry but we have limited access about that. But normally if an upsell is unavailable in the area means higher speed is not yet able to support by centurylink".
This is what my line looks like and my research suggests the line should be able to handle 12mbps at ADSL2. When I call, they say 7mbps is the best available. If a new customer moved here and selected 12mbps, what would they get? Or are they only lying to new customers under the cover of "up to 12mbps" to mean achievable speed that is "not exceeding 12mbps" ?
Status: Showtime
Last Retrain Reason: 0
Last initialization procedure status: 0
Upstream rate = 896 Kbps, Downstream rate = 7168 Kbps
Link Power State: L0
Mode: G.DMT Annex A
TPS-TC: ATM Mode(0x0)
Trellis: ON
Line Status: No Defect
Training Status: Showtime
Down Up
SNR (dB): 15.7 15.0
Attn(dB): 34.0 21.0
Pwr(dBm): 19.9 12.5
G.dmt framing
On May 25th, 2017, CenturyLink showed these offers available when browsing as a new customer looking at my address
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On May 26th, 2017, when I queried service offering availability at my address, this is what they show:
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Sorry if the attachments do not turn out legible. I'm really struggling with the archaic 1990s user interface here
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Zyxel C1100Z, and two old PK5001z, all three same issue?
I've got a somewhat new for us from the tech who helped modem. The modem is a Zyxel c1100Z, ment for out 25MB line. It works, no real issues until a couple days have passed or when its decided to throw a fit.
The issue also occurred on a few older models we had when we only got 10MB DSL. The issue in as best as I can describe, is that after a while any and all NEW traffic will be blocked and receive a bad DNS error. Traffic that is still ongoing when this occurs, can continue to function normally. For example, I'm streaming a video and it has 30mins left to buffer. This video will continue to download, no issues. If I try to say, watch a new video, or go back a page which needs to be refreshed I will get a "Failed to load page, Check DNS" kinda error. I can continue to talk on VOIP apps when it occurs as long as I don't disconnect. To remedy this issue, I always have to power cycle it till the next time it happens and it will. The techs at Centry have no idea whats going on, they just keep saying to buy their new modems on a lease. (Their own tech gave us this out of an unopened box). This issue has also happened on 2 other Zyxels, PK5001z. I think it strange all three would do the same thing.
I have updated the firmware, made sure its not overheating. When the tech last came out, they had fixed an open box outside that had been grounding the line. When they fixed that, the 10MB PK5001 seemed to work for an entire week with no issue. So maybe there is still some kinda grounding going on that's causing the modem to trip itself? I have no clue. I have access to the modems GUI, so if you need information to help me then I will gladly provide it. Any and all help is appreciated as I would like to stop having to power cycle this every other day just to use the net.
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Updated Minneapolis speed test map
I re-ran the addresses contained in the map in this thread: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r29723767-Minneapolis-Centurylink-Speed-map-Including-Fiber-rollout-
(Direct link: http://www.easymapmaker.com/map/6347814ae5d946a2fcc4cd60647ca456)
New map from data gathered last night: http://www.easymapmaker.com/map/cl_speed_1-15-2015
So there are now traces of gig internet in Hopkins and St. Paul (uncheck everything but 1000 at the bottom to see them).
I have a python script that runs the addresses to check their speeds, and I hope to update the map from time to time to see the progression of CL fiber.
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Edit 5/11/2016:
Instructions on how to run this yourself using Vagrant, Ansible and VirtualBox:
https://github.com/mtdoyle/CLSpeedPhantomJS/blob/master/README.md
I have included my giant list of addresses that will be downloaded as part of the instructions above.
Let me know if anything doesn't work!
NOTE: running this script with a large amount of addresses takes a LOT of bandwidth. Each run for me eats up somewhere between 20-40Gb of data. If your internet is capped, you might want to only use a smaller subset of addresses.
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