The dead and the abandoned: No hope for future upgrades?
"Permanent exhaust" is the word of the past 2 years; and Im honestly curious, at this point, how this is even legal. My area had dial up for a long time with no providers in the area; only Embarq ran...
View Article[CenturyTel] Timeouts on certain NASA websites
Today I have been unable to reach certain NASA websites - http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ , http://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/ , https://webmail.nasa.gov/ (to name a few) -- and they always time out. I *can*...
View ArticleAre these line stats good?
Should this line be able to support low/off interleaving? CenturyLink is telling me they can't turn it off... or even lower. It seems to be on a very high error correction mode for a fairly clean line....
View ArticleCenturyLink Fiber in the Twin Cities
Anyone with CL fiber service in the TC? They recently approached me and said they had enabled service in my street. But what confused me is that they could only offer 12 Mbps service. The rep told me...
View Article[CenturyTel] C2000T QOS settings
I recently upgraded to 20mbps at my house and the tech installed a C2000T modem/router. I am having issues with certain services hogging the bandwidth and want to setup QOS. I am a big gamer and it...
View ArticleWifi cannot go past 25 megabits?
On Ethernet I can get really high speeds. But on Wifi on the Actiontec C1000A I can only get around 20 megabits download, no matter what settings or channel I select. Is this normal? A limitation on...
View ArticleNeed more information regarding my Centurylink service
I have Centurylink as my only option out here and for the past 3 years have had Prism service. In that time, I have received countless mailers and e-mails promoting 25Mbps Down and 2Mbps Up service. I...
View Article[Qwest] Moving -- Ordering 40/20.
I'm moving in town again, and this time, to a townhome (which is classified as a single family unit, and although I don't know how many pairs are going to it, I can see the NID/demarc on the front of...
View ArticleModem
I have Centurylink 20/.896 in Tucson AZ. I got a C1000Z modem/router when they installed my service. They gave me no options and charged me $100 for it. I would prefer to have just a modem and use my...
View ArticleWhere to report a Centurylink green box with wires exposed ASAP!
At the end of my road. There is a big green box the has a lot of phone line wires sticking out. Plus it has been raining the last 2 days. My internet has been getting slower since then also. I just saw...
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 Article[CenturyTel] Century Link Packet Loss
On some websites and game servers, I get routed through a server in Kansas and the packet loss is around 60%. I contacted CL and they told me they see no problem. I am looking for some help with a...
View Article[CenturyTel] New computer will not connect
We are replacing the old computer which connects fine to Century Link DSL. The new computer has a Gigabyte motherboard and an Intel Ethernet board. It connects fine to Comcast high speed internet at a...
View ArticleIs there anything with these line stats indicating unstable ping?
I've dealt with this for what I feel like is far too long now, since it legit magically appeared one day and has not gone away since (which was almost 1 years ago) Basically my ping is usually unstable...
View Article[Qwest] Router/Modem Help
Hi, I have to apologize for some of these trivial questions. I don't have much IT experience. I am located in Montana and have an older TP link modem/router which I plan to update very soon. My...
View Article[CenturyTel] Good job CTL ! (Eastern NC)
I recently had a problem with connect speed, not only slow but varying wildly. Scott came out next day and did a tremendous job Never seen such good numbers ;-) Thanks so much, Howard Hoyt Blounts...
View Article[Qwest] Yet another nonsense fee rate hike
In April the nonsense fee goes up to $1.99 in Utah. They're still claiming that it's to help them build and maintain the network. So what was that $2 increase in February for, a really big pizza party?...
View Article[Qwest] Modem (Centurylink)
Anyone recommend a DSL modem that works good in bridged mode to a 3rd party router?
View ArticlePK5001Z router/modem not working
Hello, and thanks for the help ahead of time :) I just got my PK5001Z yesterday, and I went ahead and hooked it up (at 8pm, the said time on the activation letter) and when it finishes booting, the...
View Article100Mb for $123.99
So I walked into a CenturyLink store here in Mesa, AZ to see what the fastest speed my house qualified for. The rep said I could get 100Mb for $123.99. There's no promotions with that speed. I can get...
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