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So, it appears Centurylink has been having some serious outages recently. Today seems especially horrible in our area. I was without internet for most of the morning and then it came back on for about an hour but not it's out again.
Funny how dependent we become on something like internet service. Kind of sucks being without it.
Anyhow, if any of you are having issues getting in touch with anyone here on the forums it could be their internet is down.
Just imagine what will happen if we get in a full-scale war. Taking out our Internet will be one of the first strikes. Can you imagine how lost people will be that have had Internet access at their fingertips their entire lives?
My wife works from home, guess that didn't really happen much today. She said it was down all morning and came back for a bit, hadn't heard about it going back down. Sucks. But guess that means we'll have to actually *GASP* talk to each other tonight instead of messing around on our smartphones....[LOL]
For the record, we don't actually do that, we were having this discussion the other night about a family out to dinner where the parents' heads were buried in their phones not paying any attention to their two kids. Kinda sad the society we live in today...
In my day, we called the internet "encyclopedia". And it was EMP hardened.
We all like to joke about an internet outage, but I'd pretty much be out of a job without it. I mean, of course it could be done, but that's not the way my company is set up.
Centurylink sucks.
The internet being down is kind of a hassle, but I like my wife and if that fails, I have lots of books.
Working in the industrial communications (data) world, it's phenomenal the amount of damage that a planned attack could cause.
I'm in IT as well. If it came down to WWIII or a zombie apocalypse, I'm not sure it would matter.
I read about some insider said Qwest/CenturyLink had some really antiquated servers. I dumped them a couple years ago for a wireless link. They even conned me into renting a business class router from CenturyLink. It still dropped me from service several times a day anyways. Eff Centrystink...
An ex of mine had Century Link up in Evergreen. She had 8M service which I think was the tops at the time a couple years ago.. Every time I would go there I would run a speed test and would get about 2.5 or 3M so I would call in to see what was going on and they would check some things on their end and suddenly we would be getting the 8M we were supposed to be getting.. A few days later it would be back down to 2.5 or 3 again and the the phone call would be made again..
OK, but let's be fair: In your day, the only "history book" said in its entirety: "Og find cave. Cave good. " [Coffee]Quote:
Originally Posted by Bailey Guns
Have them as well for internet. Bundled with DISH. Century link is definitely mind numbing stupid. When I discovered service out I went to the web page to check/report outages on my phone. Site was down (or massively over run with users). Went to facebook page and twitter and they are acting like nothing is wrong. Something as simple as we are aware of service problems in this area. Click here to get text/email when it is up so you can reboot your system.
I will be looking at this closely when my contract comes up. I can't believe my only choices are such a poor provider like CenturyLink and the aholes at Comcast who hate everything we hold dear.
I have never encountered a more pathetic service which technically had video on-demand and other services, than Centurylink Prism. Shows not available after air until days or weeks after air, limited on-demand to catch up, pathetic on-demand offerings in general. Guess it was OK for live viewing, but that's not the bar to meet or exceed any longer.
Hi-speed internet has been adequate, when not down. That is the best I can say for it.
Have no opinion on their voice phone service.
I'll take comcast over centurylink any day.
Had centurylink for DSL and phone, along with directv for tv. Internet was pretty poor, I think it was something like 10mb down, and less than 1mb up. I telecommute full time, so the very slow upload speed was killing me. Switched everything over to comcast (internet, phone and tv), and the total bill is less the 2 bills before, more channels, crazy fast internet speeds, and connection has been a much more stable with comcast than my old centurylink dsl.
My internet is with Comcast and it sux balls, but then again, I'm not certain whether its (a) crappy internet, (b) Stooopid Windows 10 (most of my problems date back to that awesome "free upgrade") or (c) an out-of-date cable modem.
Overall I'm as happy with Comcast as I suppose it's possible to be with ones cable company in this day and age.
All I can say is wires and reliability differ from neighborhood to neighborhood.
Newer areas have older cables than old neighborhoods now due to upgrades. So, reliability follows.
Customer service on the other hand, might be questionable from either.
My 2 cents.
Is this a bad thread to mention I love fiber?
http://www.speedtest.net/result/6271825565.png
Before this, I had Comcast with an owned modem and I had great service. The modems they provide SUCK! The business modem/router that you HAVE to have (per them, not that you actually would if they were smart) is total pile of sh!t.
You dont have to lease a modem from Comcast Business.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grant H.
If you want static IP's you do, and it blows.Quote:
Originally Posted by 00tec
Is Longmont one of the Government internet providers? That's a great competitive advantage! What could go wrong?Quote:
Originally Posted by Grant H.
Yes, Nextlight is part of the Longmont Municipal utilities. They also provide my electric, water, trash, and recycle service.Quote:
Originally Posted by ben4372
Being a utility, they are regulated the same in every way as Comcast, Centurylink, etc. So, in reality, the only competitive advantage that they have is that they own the infrastructure to get fiber to the homes, and it shows in the lower price I pay for a far superior service.
Wow Grant_H. I have 10 down and 2 up from Comcast. Mine's like dial-up compared to yours. To be fair, this is all I'm willing to pay for. I've been in this house with this service plan since last August and Comcast has been very reliable. I run my business line on a VoIP on this service and except for problems with the VoIP box, even the phone works reliably with my slow internet service. I'm kinda a cheap SOB, so I'm content with this speed because it only costs me $30/month.
Before fiber was an option, I had Comcast with an owned modem and never had any problems. They provide a good connection if you don't have to use their POS modems.Quote:
Originally Posted by NFATrustGuy
My fiber is $50/month as a "charter member", but even if you didn't get in on the charter program it is $100/month for the first year, then $60/month from then on. Not bad for ridiculous internet.
Maybe that's why I've never really had any problems with Comcast... I've always used my own modem. Never seemed like a good vale to rent something for $10/month when it can be purchased for $100.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grant H.
When I first signed up with Comcast, they brought out some PoS Thomson cable modem that had horrible throughput. I think I'm on my third cable modem for the years I've been on Comcast, but I'm still way ahead of what I would have paid for a poor performing rental.Quote:
Originally Posted by NFATrustGuy
The Centurylink modems are junk as well. I picked up my own and it's way more reliable. But, I had problems with their service once and had to call and talk to somebody. When the lady found out that I wasn't using "their" modem she immediately wanted to blame my equipment without even attempting to troubleshoot.
This will happen with Comcast, but I only ever had to call when I got my modem, and then once when I found out someone had cut a fiber line feeding most of Northern CO. Never had to have them "troubleshoot" anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by ray1970
The last cable modem I bought, I didn't even have to call Comcast. Was able to do it via web page. Service outages are rare.
After the hail storm, my Comcast is being extremely slow tonight. Must be from people sending pictures of hail to each other. My phone is faster on 4G than on my home wifi right now. :(
Net outages suck - esp when your phones are also VOIP and you live in a black hole for cell coverage.