Cat 3 vs cat 5e phone wire cable
Howdy I had tech out repairing my interest after the last rainstorm shorted out one of those telephone boxes the tech said I had cat 3 phone wire cable I have pair bonded on a residual at 20 megs 2 up...
View ArticleCenturyLink Minneapolis - Stable & Fast Router Recommendation 12mb
I have seen and read about countless poor experiences with the leased CenturyLink routers. It seems like any decent recommendations I find are for models that are no longer in production. I have a...
View ArticleMapping the fiber rollout in the twin cities
We already have the speedtest map to see where CL is reporting the availability of fiber, but what about mapping the rollout which seems to be underway? I made a google map at...
View ArticleGoogle Chrome Showing Significantly Slower Speeds than Firefox
I am on the 1 gpbs service. Found out today that whatever Google Chrome is doing with the speed tests are not working correctly - Consistently getting 300 mbps down and 50 mbps up in Chrome. When using...
View ArticleDSL Speed Bonded Pair 12000 Feet
I currentyl have a solid 6mbps at 12000 from the nearest century link building. I asked to upgrade speed as they swore they could give me 20mbps. Tech came out on unrelated issue Saturday. I told him I...
View ArticleUsing AT&T DSL modem with CenturyLink?
I had AT&T, then moved to Nebraska - where they don't offer service. I have CenturyLink now, and it works, but I don't want to buy another modem or pay $8/month to lease one. I poked around in the...
View ArticleHow to request a site survey
Hey ya'll, I just moved to Stevensville, MT, which is still a developing area for broadband internet, cable internet isn't available in this town, the fastest thing is "Air Fiber", however with the...
View Article1 Gig Slow - but techs on it - Columbia, MO
Feels very awkward to complain when only getting 250 mbps down and 50 mbps up - but that is only 25% and 5% retrospectively of what is expected. Anyone in the Columbia, MO area on 1 gig service - know...
View ArticleSlow slow slow
I am sick of the super slow speeds of my internet with century link. The only thing more frustrating then the speeds is the customer service we have received. Most of the time we are nearly brushed off...
View Article1 Gig in Phoenix Arizona (Ahwatukee) - $128 per month
The new apartment complex just off the 10 and Chandler was built with fiber. The base rent includes 40 Megabits down. I confirmed 1 Gigabit speeds are available for $128 per month. 12 month contract....
View ArticleBonding Help/making two connections into one
Ok so i have to have a min. of 5m up and 1m down because of job....well Centurylink in my area offers 10down but only 765K up...i get about .65 when i do the speed test. So i contacted the talktous...
View Article[CenturyTel] centurylink
I'm sorry to post here. not sure where to put this anymore. We have had a constant issue with speed. We also have a constant problem with no service whatsoever. In the beginning of our service we would...
View ArticleRural DSL, possible line break?
What is the best way to get a technician with a TDR out to check out my line? Myself as well my neighbors have called and had a "technician" out to check everything out, and in my experience, all he...
View ArticleGetting gigabit fiber next week
As I'm one of the lucky bastards who lives in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood -- where CenturyLink is rolling out gigabit fiber -- I eagerly signed up last night. Can't wait to ditch Comcast after like...
View Article[CenturyTel] Q1000 VDSL Modem/Router: New Firmware Available
New Version: QAQ003-31.20L.5 as noticed of 4/12/2015 No change log I could find so I do not know what is fixed, removed or added.
View Article[Embarq] Outage in NC?
Hi all, I have a business account that has been offline for almost 12 hours now. Tech support is acting weird, one told me no outage one told me outage, so I turn to my fellow consumers, anyone in nc...
View ArticleGeneral Support question
There has been an ongoing issue in my area of Va. for going on a week. Usually in the afternoon or evening, but occasionally around noon, net access becomes impossible. Pinging my Default Gateway...
View ArticleHave the Gigabit service? Post a video of your speedtests!
Let's see how good the service really is.
View ArticleCenturylink DSL price increases AGAIN! Woohoo!
Another buck. Yeah not going to make a difference to my pocketbook, but this irritates me because of their history. For 7Mbps: June it was 46.99, then July up to 47.99, then March 49.99, now 50.99. The...
View ArticleMoving to Lower Alabama
Hello people first post but I've been reading the forums for yrs. I am relocating for a job into a rural location in Baldwin County Alabama. Sadly my choices for internet seem to be Excede Satellite or...
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