Odd IP address and routing
I have been having issues with my assigned IP addresses. For some reason, Centurylink is assigning me IP addresses that are out in Iowa, Illinois etc. I’m in Western NC. I’ve noticed that my pings are...
View ArticleFiber cut update.
CL Fiber Cut 10/24/18 Around 9:30 am yesterday I lost all connectivity both the CL ADSL (sync no surf) and the MegaPath fiber went dark, the Canoga Perkins 9145 went into an alarm attempting to notify...
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 ArticleStatic IP for Fiber
Does anyone have the standard for getting (if you can) a static IP on the GPON 1G? I'm getting conflicting info from CL itself.
View Article[Qwest] AZ initial DSL install done, when can I order better service?
My primary question: how long after my install should I wait until I can ask for a higher data rate for my service? background (and red herrings): So when I was buying this house CL told me they could...
View ArticleQuestion on New CL Fiber/DSLAM Upgrades
I'm in rural Clay Co MO west of Kearney, MO. A month or so ago CL ran fiber down our highway and I've been watching the install proceed. The pictures attached show a DSLAM that was put in this week (on...
View ArticleBonded 25mbit speed now half after wide area outage restored (VA)
So Tuesday (11/20), there was a known area-wide outage in my area with my home phone and 25mbit bonded DSL were affected. Phone line was completely out for 2 days. Phone line is fixed now, but my DSL...
View Article[CenturyTel] Options for 3mbps dsl
I have a family member in rural WI that has had Centurylink dsl for sometime. Years ago they had offers to upgrade to 10 mbps internet for $5 more per month but never jumped on it. Now they are told...
View Article?Premium modem? and speed upgrade
I currently live in a metro area just west of Denver, paying for a 40mb line and receiving 45-50mb speeds on average. As part of the new “price for life” package CenturyLink states I can upgrade to an...
View Article?Premium modem? and speed upgrade
I currently live in a metro area just west of Denver, paying for a 40mb line and receiving 45-50mb speeds on average. As part of the new “price for life” package CenturyLink states I can upgrade to an...
View ArticleC3000a
Any idea why a C3000a would generate around 300,000 FEC on each line (no CRC errors) in 40 hours and my C2100t might generate 1000 FEC in the same amount of time? What is the max FEC a user should see...
View ArticleC1000A, C1900A, C1000Z PSA
Recently, these three modems have had firmware upgrades pushed to them. Most of them have been fine, but there have been a number of them that are getting stuck in a firmware upgrade loop. This will...
View ArticleExperiences with newly available CenturyLink fiber in Portland?
I live in North Portland (in the Overlook neighborhood) and until very recently the best CL could offer was DSL at 3 Mbps down, I kid you not. Starting a couple of years ago I'd see their trucks...
View ArticleHigher upload speeds for 100/10 tier?
So I was looking into getting a higher upload tier with my service from CL outside Denver. I've got bonded 100/10 service. I'm eligible for 80/40, but the rep I chatted with said that 10Mbps was my...
View ArticleNetgear ac2400 problem with fiber.
I picked up a Netgear nighthawk ac2400 to see if I could get it working for a friend. I tried it out myself first using PPPoE and vlan 201 tagging and it connects without any problem but is extremely...
View ArticleJust switched week ago so far so good!
Well folks I have been on 100/10meg service for a week as of Saturday and it has been really stable and fast (probably helps I am 150 yards from the CO) funny thing is I am a retiree from Cox but...
View Article[Qwest] New box showed up along with a coil of cable
A new Multilink box was installed next to the DSLAM that serves my house. There's also a spool of cable hanging next to it - see the attached photos. Is this a glimmer of hope that I might see FTTH?...
View ArticleUpdated 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:...
View ArticleBonded DSL installed but speeds are not faster
Centurylink upgraded me to a Bonded service but I am only getting speeds of about 10mb when they advised I would be getting 25. This is checked by using Speedtest and from Centurylink website. It...
View Article[CenturyTel] Bonded pair quoted as lower than my current single
A while back I checked in with CT to see what I could get with bonded DSL. I currently can only pull ~6Mbps/0.5Mbps on my single line. They quoted 5Mbps/2Mbps with bonded pair. I thought it would have...
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