Residential vs Small business Internet service.
What do I get, besides a higher bill, if I were to sign up for 80Mbps Small Business service vs 80Mbps residential? Are there any advantages of doing so?
View ArticleGPON 1 Gbps Data Caps?
I know there’s not technically a data cap on the 1 Gbps plan, but I’ve heard they might cut you off or threaten to cancel if you use too much? I’ve hit as much as 10 TB in a month and I’m just...
View ArticleHow to diagnose slow speeds without automatically blaming CTL.
Howdy there all! I'd just like to preface this with some facts here. I've been in IT for over 17 years. I've owned several computer repair businesses, I've done more networking than I can remember. For...
View Article[Qwest] only able to get 1.5 Mbps when the DSLAM is 2500 ft away
i am moving to a new house. CenturyLink is the only provider in that area. there website says i can only get 1.5 Mbps. They said it is due to the line from the crossbox to my house. I was told that i...
View ArticleStat Check
My bud is having some issues with his service and to me his stats don't look horrible...but imo they don't look necessarily good considering his loop length but I wanted to get a second opinion as I'm...
View ArticleCant access email - 403
Getting this when trying to access my centurylink email. Anyone else ever seen this? Support is clueless. Thanks! HTTP ERROR 403 Problem accessing /service/extension/saml2acs. Reason: The account...
View Article[CenturyTel] 100Mb available 700' away, not able to 'Backhaul'?
Hello, I'm in central MN. I was on a 5Mb plan and getting 3.5Mb until they buried new cable last year right past my house. Then I was receiving 7.3Mb. I inquired if faster was available and was told...
View Article[Qwest] A rare look behind the curtain
For all your google repair techs, keyboard commandos, and otherwise "I know more than you CenturyLink" guys out there, I present to you, a rare look behind the curtain on what a typical screen @...
View Articlestrange email: Important: Your CenturyLink Security Code
I haven't logged into Centurylink or done anything unusual but got this email today. : Important Information about your CenturyLink account Important: Your CenturyLink™ online MyAccount Authentication...
View Articleover-provisioning?
Centurylink former qwest person here. I have a 40/2 pair bonded under a biz account. Any way to get over-provisioning turned on? I train at 20062/1024 per line and the max train rate is anywhere from...
View Articlecoming back to centurylink
so I am coming back to centurylink and I have the c2000t modem I plan to get bonded service is that still the better modem or should I get a different modem ? if so what the newest modem that works...
View ArticleBonded Service?
How do you tell if you can get bonded service? They are running a phone line from a road up where they just installed fiber and a mini dslam about 1 mile away, to my house. I talked to someone online...
View Article[CenturyTel] What is possible with this new hardware?
Century Link installed what looks like a Calix DSLAM down the road a few months ago. I am wondering what could be possible for my house which is 1160ft away as the crow flies and 2560ft away if you...
View Article[CenturyTel] Gift card for signing up for a Gigabit service
Has anyone gotten their gift card yet for signing up to Gigabit service? I signed up for GB in Feb of last year and it took 6-months to get the bill made right b ut I have not seen hide nor hair of...
View ArticleCopper retirement notice yet DSL speeds
I recently saw a copper retirement notice posted by CenturyLink in early August listing the Indianola, IA wire center. The planned date is October 31. However, I checked speeds on CenturyLink's website...
View Article[CenturyTel] routing or a crc error issue with some online games
i notice in the past month i am un able to connect to cod ,overwatch, part of azure servers running xbox live games ,servers, also even doing a basic ping test to actvision web site servers are taking...
View ArticleNew fiber speedtest 600d/100u
I wanted to check if anyone had ideas what would cause upload speed to lag so far behind DL speeds on a fiber 1 gig plan. I'm a new customer and got the fiber put in just on Friday. They gave me the...
View Article[Qwest] CenturyLink Model C2000T - Disable TR069
Hi, Could anyone tell me how to disable TR-069 on the Technicolor C2000T? I bought a used C2000T from a computer recycle store. CenturyLink was very nice to get me access to it, as all the stickers...
View ArticleSwitching to Centurylink, no NID or line
Bought a house about 2 years ago. Centurylink 100 mbps available (several of my neighbors have CL also). However, I noticed that there was no phone line going to the house and after talking with the...
View ArticleDSL OK but no dialtone
Every week or so we don’t have a dialtone while we still have Internet access. We don’t do anything to resolve the issue (except sometimes contact CenturyLink to no avail) and some time later the...
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