Phone, but no internet at a new rental.
Hello, We are moving into a duplex and I chatted with a CenturyLink rep. The address is new, so its not showing up on CenturyLink's "check availability" page or Google, but the rep mentioned they were...
View ArticleCalled CenturyLink with an outage and was scheduled tech support n
Service quit yesterday at 6pm. Called CenturyLink this morning and was scheduled for onsite tech Thursday. What a joke!
View Article[Embarq] centurylink customer repair report history
is there a way for customers to check their repair ticket history from the time they became a customer? if not, how would one get the repair report history? thoughts? thanks in advance
View ArticleHelp!
Hey I just had century link fiber line installed. I paid for the 1 gig service. My average speeds is 600 down with 700 up. It does bottom out to 500down-600up occasionally. I was wondering should I be...
View ArticlePossible to get higher than advertised DSL speeds?
CenturyLink just completed installing VDSL equipment in my area, and their web site now advertises 40/2 (bonded) speeds at my location. If this really is the best speed available, then I don't want the...
View Article[Qwest] overprovisioning - retrain at 3am last two nights
Hey all, The DSL gods have shined on me. The last two nights, my modem(s) have retrained at about 3am or so. They are now training at the max upstream rate and close to 90-95% of the max downstream...
View ArticleC2000T Modem
Time to stop paying $10 a month for a leased modem. The Technicolor C2000T is on the approved list and can be purchased used or refurbished for about $50. We're on a 40 mbps plan, DSL. Thoughts?...
View ArticleNew CL area
I am currently in a COX neighborhood and have had them for well over 20 years (Internet, their TV service sucks). I am having a new home built and Cox offers DOCSIS 3.1. I am really wanting 1gig up and...
View Article[CenturyTel] New 500/500 Plan Offered
Just noticed today CL is now offering a 500/500 plan at my apartment in Seattle. This had to have launched just in the past week. So now I can get: 1Gig - $79.95 500/500 - $69.95 100/50 - $64.95 40/5 -...
View ArticleCL fraudulently claiming 10/1 speeds in my CAF II block, for 3 yrs
So I've always been puzzled by the FCC broadband map and the speeds listed in my census block. I've only now realized that these are self reported speeds by the telecos in a FCC Form 477, which seems...
View Articlegetting speed change, but now not so sure.
hi guys so am gamer and streamer, i live with my step mom cause of disability, last night she called CenturyLink about are bill anyway person on phone said they fix it give us boost in speed from 10...
View Article[CenturyTel] WAN IP address lease period unknown
Hello everyone, A similar thread is not postable because it's been over 400 days. Anyway, someone commented in that thread they thought the lease period was 1 hour. I've had the same WAN IP address for...
View Article[CenturyTel] Modem Purchase Recommendation Please
New to CenturyTel, line activated yesterday. I was told 25 Meg max in my area and the sent me a C1100T. It is now set up in bridge mode with my TP-Link Archer C7 as the router. I intend to buy my own...
View ArticleUpgrading to 40 meg...
I own a Zyxel c1100z modem, which is an approved Clink modem per their "Approved modem list". I am on 20 meg svc now. I tried to upgrade to 40 meg, and they said I need a new modem and a tech has to...
View ArticleSpeed difference between address with service vs address without
A new DSLAM as just installed in front of my house. I was checking speeds on the Centurylink website and saw that an address without DSL service can now signup for 80/20 but an address with current DSL...
View Articleconvert to "simple" internet
Has anyone had any luck switching their DSL from regular billing to the "simple" plan that is $65/mo?
View Article[Qwest] New service at new address
I'm moving to a new address in a former US West/Qwest area. Last time we moved, the family member whose name the bill is in insisted on moving service. That was a nightmare, including being without...
View ArticleQuestion about 60mbps DSL wire
I want to replace/upgrade the old phone wire that supplies DSL to my modem/router and I can't find info on how these terminals open and accept the wires. I would like to wire directly to this...
View Article[Embarq] VDSL or ADSL2+
I live in northern Indiana. Contractors recently have been updating the the internet down the road from my residence. They installed a new cabinet and installed what might be called a mini dslam closer...
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