Service Outage in Marion, Iowa. Five Days..
Last Thursday (Aug 1) out CenturyLink service failed, and at first the Techs said it was due to a power outage(s). Most likely caused by Alliant Energy doing a lot of work on the utility poles along...
View ArticleHere's an odd one for ya, internet indicator flashing red/green
My modem's internet indicator is blinking red/green indicating there is no connection to the internet, however the connection is up and working properly.
View ArticleFuture North Carolina network upgrades
I currently have 10/1 dsl in Whitsett, NC. I had a tech out recently to fix slow service and he said I should be able to upgrade to bonded service. Called customer service to ask about the upgrade and...
View ArticleSite Survey?
I live in Milwaukie, OR. When I type in my street address, i am eligible for 1.5mbit DSL. It also asks me for unit information, even though it is a house which is strange. If I enter the address of the...
View Article[Qwest] CL Aerial Fiber? 1000 feet from Aerial Drop. Possibilities?
Looking for a CL Tech / Engineer's help here. My address, states "Advanced Fiber Technology" and yet I have Bonded VDLS2 10/1M. No news here on update/upgrades. So I'm trying to take thing as far as I...
View ArticleGoodbye and Good Riddance CenturyLink!
I've been a captive Embarq/CenturyLink DSL customer since 2007. Since that time, I've endured countless outages, bandwidth exhausts, evening high latency, and a multitude of billing issues (I know I'm...
View ArticleSuggestions for alternative to ZyXel C3000Z modem
Hello all, I'm leasing a ZyXel C3000Z from CL. I'm having some problems with slow internet that is always fixed by power-cycling the modem. This happens 1-2 times per day, usually in the morning. As...
View ArticleStatic IP Addresses
So I'm going to order some addresses from CL. Just wanted to clarify a few things. So for IPv4 a block of 8 only has 5 usable addresses, just checking thats because I get a mini subnet so I "loose"...
View Articleneed new modem?
So I have a Technicolor CT100T. Everything works great for a couple hours and then my DSL Line status gradually goes to from GOOD to MARGINAL and eventually POOR. Rebooting the modem puts the DSL Line...
View Article[Embarq] Failure when attempting to forward spam to spam@centurylink.net
When trying to forward spam to 'spam@centurylink.net' from my Ubuntu Linux desktop using Evolution I get: An error occurred while sending. How do you want to proceed? The reported error was “DATA...
View Article[CenturyTel] C1100Z Firmware : CZW006-4.16.012.0.bin
Anybody know what's been added in this firmware update? It's 10 MB larger than the previous version!: CZW004-4.12.010.24.bin 15,204,352CZW006-4.16.012.0.bin 25,165,824
View ArticleSpeed look to be terrible
Yes this is for Gigabit service and this is not the slowest test result. Is it worth a call for support or will they tell me this is as good as it gets? Thanks Kevin
View ArticleBig CL outage
I'm in Grimes, Iowa. CenturyLink dropped at 9:40am CDT. Went to www.downdetector.com and saw it was a big outage. I'm a FTTP customer so its unusual. Bad timing for CL...they get a stern lecture (but...
View ArticlePC requirements for 1gig service.
Hello! I got gigabit from CL last week and immediately had speed issues. I ended up reinstalling Win10 and was able to get speeds up to 900 down. I had already scheduled a tech so I just let them come...
View Article[Qwest] Moved from CL DSL 80 to Fiber - PPP wont connect
So for years, I've had various DSL speeds, starting at 768kb to the latest being 80mb. I've always run my dsl modem in bridging mode and let a Fedora PC server as the actual router / firewall, so...
View Article[CenturyTel] Cannot connect to online game in time to play from beginning.
Text below originally sent to Warthunder developers; ran Dxdiag, clog files, and a trace. The trace found the issue as a time-out problem when trying to reach the Chicago pathway on Hop 7and 8. So, an...
View ArticleCL speed tests unable to keep up with 1Gbps service (Phoenix, AZ)
I cut over to 1Gbps fiber a few weeks back. When the tech installed the service, their internal speed test showed 900Mbps+ bi-directional. Later, when I attempted to run my own speed tests against CL's...
View ArticleCenturylink Fiber IPV6
Hello, I have CL 100mb Fiber, How do I know if I am in an area that supports IPV6? Does anyone know how to set it up so I can use IPv6 instead of IPv4? I am using my own router with PPPOE. Anyone have...
View ArticleTroy, MO Fiber Deployment?
There are a few directional drilling companies in town putting in plastic conduit on nearly every street. Spectrum has gigabit available nearly everywhere in town but it is hard to find CenturyLink...
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