being charged for modem i returned
Century link could not carry service to my new house so after returning the moden with the mailing labels they sent me i get a rather large bill of 108 dollars. I contacted centurylink and explained my...
View ArticleDistance to Dslam
Can anyone determine my distance to the DSLAM with the following information? : 40/5 VDSL2-8a service Down / Up SNR: 16 dB 25 dB Attenuation: 14.5, 1.6 Power: 17.1 dBm 6.9 dBm
View ArticleNeed to stream video content, uploads are to slow
I am currently on a 20mbps plan. I need to call tomorrow and see if I can upgrade my upload speeds in any way. Comcast seems to offer about 10mbps upload speeds for about the same price that I am...
View Article[CenturyTel] what causes massive Far End RS FEC Interleave
I am getting some crazy numbers from my ZyXEL Q100 modem and it started happening a couple of days ago. Watching the WAN Status page from the modem, looks like it's recycling through these values Far...
View ArticleModem claims much higher speeds might be available
IÂ’m in a former Qwest area and am currently provisioned at 1536/896 kilobits/second. All attempts to get CenturyLink to tell me when the VDSL2 that the other side of town has will show up have been...
View ArticleAnyone know if CenturyLink can bond in Sprint/Embarq area?
My sister is thinking of buying a house in a former Sprint/Embarq area (Mount Sterling, OH) and hates Time Warner Cable as much as i do. She currently has AT&T U-Verse 24/1.5Mbps VDSL in Columbus,...
View Article[CenturyTel] So what all do you get with the CenturyLinkInstaller?
I was trying to check out the @home app and it seems that I have to install software from their installer?
View Article[CenturyTel] 4 DSL Lines (bonded or load balanced) vs MOE Circuit?
I live in rural Peyton, Colorado. Up until now, we've been stuck on 12m/896k VDSL2+ for the last year and a half. I've been terrorizing CenturyLink every few months to see if there is anything they can...
View ArticleTraceroute Results
How does this traceroute to Dslreports look? Should the hops be faster? Test conducted @ 7:30 am Traceroute Results Hop Time 1 Time 2 Time 3 Host / IP Address 1 21.604ms 21.533ms 21.604ms...
View Article[Prism TV] Why do they put QOS on upload?
Had prism installed on adsl2+ getting 20mb down while not watching Tv. Only getting 1 mb upload modem says I have 2 x 896 but when I check qos settings my technicolor 2000t has a upload limit...
View Articlecenturylink Avilla,IN 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 ArticleMax speed for residential is 20M/896k but for business it's 40M/2M
I'm moving to a suburb of Salt Lake City (Kearns) which unfortunately doesn't appear to be serviced by UTOPIA. As such, I'm looking at different DSL and Cable options. When I look at residential...
View ArticleGigE-fed DSLAM
If I have a 40/5 VDSL2-8a connection, does that mean I am serviced thru a "GigE-fed DSLAM" ? If so, what exactly is a "GigE-fed DSLAM" ?
View Article[CenturyTel] need input explaining issue to Clink support
Howdy, I'm currently experiencing lost packets and high latency to my 1st hop into the network. Just now I'm at 10% packet loss. When I called Clink support the tech had me check my speed about 4...
View Article[CenturyTel] Century Link Running a Scam - trying to charge me for modem
CenturyLink is running a scam business. I signed up for new internet service and told them not to send me a modem as I had my own. They sent the modem anyway, and then charged me TWICE for a modem I...
View Article[CenturyTel] PK5001Z Set up in "Transparent Bridge" Mode
I have my PK5000Z set in "Transparent Bridge" mode so I can use it as only a model since I had to replace my older DSL modem (It was a DSL modem only) I have an existing Router (D-Link DIR-655) and...
View Article[CenturyTel] Can't access CenturyLink static IP address from other providers
I have a static IP address from CenturyLink and I can't access it from quite a few other providers. I can't hit it from my iPhone on AT&T network in Florida, or from Comcast in Las Vegas. I have...
View Article[CenturyTel] Can't Connect to any hiwaay.net Addresses
I am unable to connect to any hiwaay.net addresses (webmail.hiwaay.net, mail.hiwaay.net, www.hiwaay.net, etc.) This has happened before, and CenturyLink's router in Pell City, Alabama had to be...
View ArticleGPON Fiber in Snoqualmie, WA
Hi all, This morning I typed in my address in Snoqualmie, WA into CenturyLink's website to see what offers they had for me. I was immediately directed to this website:...
View ArticleNew Prism area
So guys I live in Martinsville Virginia and the beginning of 2012 Centurylink offered us 1.5 mbps flash forward to the summer of 2012 they began to lay fiber and install a new DSLAM. At the beginning...
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