[Prism TV] Cropped Sports Channels
I'm in southwest Florida so Sun Sports and FSNFL2 are viewable in SD and HD formats. If I watch a game on the SD channels the picture is cropped so that I cannot see the logo or the score boxes in...
View ArticleSwitch to VDSL Bend, OR
CL is switching our area to VDSL. We were previously limited to 7 MBps with ADSL. As part of the switch they informed me my connect speed would be reduced to 1.5 MBps until the new network is tuned. My...
View ArticleLow Download Speeds/Normal Ping Times
I'm not sure what this is - ping times remain stable and quite good, but speeds have been hovering in the 0.5-0.8mbps range for long periods of time - 6:30pm-11:00pm last night, and 10:30am-present...
View Article[Qwest] Internet Cost Recovery Fee
Anyone notice this on their latest CL bill? I didn't have it before and I think it's BS. Raising prices in itself doesn't bother me. What bothers me is when companies try to sneak in additional costs...
View Article[Embarq] Bridge Mode Problem Since Storm
I bought a new house and had CenturyLink DSL installed just a little over 2 months ago. I have no other choice for internet here. I got the 10Mbps speed, which is the highest they offer in my area. One...
View ArticleCenturylink business line at home?
Is Centurylink business internet available for individual users or do you have to own a business to qualify? I am aware of the higher cost, but would like to avoid the 250gb cap.
View ArticleNew to CenturyLink. Are these speeds typical?
[att=1] Just moved into a brand new development where Comcast (my previous providor) was not available. The only option here was CenturyLink. I just got connected today with one of their...
View Article[CenturyTel] Does Centurylink ever fix its network issues?
Our DSL has been terrible every afternoon/evening for 2 straight months now, and there's never been even a hint of improvement. High pings and speeds sit around 0.2mbps for hours and hours at a time,...
View ArticleCenturylink DSL Speed Increase in South Louisiana
WELL THE NUMBERS ARE IN FOLKS.... And the numbers don't lie...Our DSL @ the chamber is officially upgraded to 20Mbps....I crunched all the numbers and put the new modem through a battery of speed,...
View ArticleExcellent CSR Service
As to much of what is posted here is, perhaps deservedly, in the form of complaints, I am going to relate my excellent service from earlier today: I had noticed that the Internet seemed to be running...
View ArticleWhat would cause 40/5 to sync at 40/3?
So i've had 40/5 service for a little over a month now and after a few days of disconnecting jacks/reconnecting them i was able to pull 40/5 just fine, a month later my connection is still solid, just...
View ArticleAvilla, IN Service quality bad again. Fixed 1st time by FCC
During peak hours 5pm-12:30am. I'm pinging yahoo at an average of 500ms. Google @ 150ms. Bandwidth ranges from .7 to 10 down and .3 to .76 up. I usually will ping 30-40 to chicago,google, yahoo with 10...
View Article[Qwest] Error's - What do these mean?
Hi Everyone, I was looking at the WAN stats on my modem & noticed the following: Near End CRC Errors: 962 30 Min Near End CRC: 5 30 Min Near End FEC: 12014 30 Min Far End FEC: 9 SNR: 21 dB Down 6...
View Article[Embarq] CenturyLink Bill Question
I'm new to CenturyLink and was looking over my latest bill again. Noticed a couple things that puzzled me: North Carolina 911 Fee - I have internet only (no phone service). Why would I have to pay a...
View Article[Qwest] 40/20 only negotiating at 24/10
My parents live out in the Phoenix metro area, and I recently had them upgrade their DSL service to 40/20 from 20/869k. My dad's not very tech savvy, so I'm often called upon to VNC into his computer...
View Article[Qwest] Q1000 keeps rebooting (at random) on the hour & half hou
CenturyLink Q1000 modem. Looking for an answer to this problem. At random at :00 or :30 my modem reboots. The power light goes out for several seconds, then starts blinking and continues to boot up....
View ArticleWestel 890-210015-04 Rev E DSL Modem: Work w/ CenturyLink?
I'm a low-income disabled senior and rely on hand-me-down electronics. A year ago I signed up with CenturyLink for a low-income discount on a their slowest speed DSL internet connection with a Zyxel...
View Article3 1/2 Day Outage in North Carolina
Went through a 3 1/2 day outage here in North Carolina from Thursday night until yesterday afternoon. Anyone else have this problem? Had outages before, but never this long. It might have been weather...
View ArticlePK5001z Latency Issues
I seem to be having very inconsistent latency issues with the PK5001z paired with my WNDA4100. The pings aren't 'horribly' high, but the random spikes and inconsistent times are very noticeable. I've...
View ArticleDouble UP the extra wires inside CAT6 to improve signal?
Hello, I have been doing some research and I cant seem to find the proper information to suggest I can or can't do this. However, I found a eHow article suggesting using the extra wires helps signal....
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