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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:29:35 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>Centurytel Group Line Monitor</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21414617</link>
<description><![CDATA[With an increase in forum traffic, and speed/latency issues can we request a Centurytel group monitor be setup? 

The following link is for Charter's:

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17255213

Maybe we can help get these issues resolved?  :)
--
 Ofallon, Mo Weather]]></description>
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<pubDate>2008-11-12 01:28:52</pubDate>
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<title>list of dsl providers</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23056654</link>
<description><![CDATA[why doesn't century link lease their lines out to other dsl providers like ATT and verizon.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-09-21 02:20:45</pubDate>
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<title>Hookup DSL Modem Wireless Router</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23386416</link>
<description><![CDATA[I received our DSL modem today and we are scheduled to be activated with CenturyLink tomorrow (model EQ-660R ADSL). Currently, I have our HughesNet satellite modem hooked directly into the WAN port on my Apple Time Capsule, which is also an Airport Extreme Wireless router. 

The instructions have you hook the modem directly into your PC. Will I be able to just plug it in to my wireless router same as I do the satellite modem?

    Thanks,

       Rick]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-23 22:26:10</pubDate>
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<title>New to C Link; pages not loading properly</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23311507</link>
<description><![CDATA[Microsoft Windows XP Pro
Version 2002
Service Pack 3
AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3200+
2.00 GHz, 1.00 GB of RAM

I've just had CenturyLink dsl for a couple of days.  My speed is good and if I can get this problem worked out, I think I'll be very happy with it. 

I'm finding that some (~25%) pages will not load on a first click...some will load load on a 2nd, 3rd and/or stopping the load and clicking again. A few won't load at all until I restart Firefox. Also, the little "progress wheel" on the tab will not stop turning even after the page has loaded. A few times the tab has frozen and I can't do anything but close the application. Firefox then appears closed but I get an error message that it is still running if I try to restart it. I then have to restart Windows. Ctl,Alt,Del shows nothing running.   I had never had a problem with pages loading with the cable.  (There was a connection reliability problem...that's why I changed)

I spoke to CenturyLink's tech for quite some time night before last. He checked all my resources and everything was fine. He had me restart Windows, turn off the modem and restart. I reinstalled Firefox with no difference. Today, after connecting via live chat, I tried installing a previous version of FF with the same results.

At first I also tried logging on through Internet Explorer, thinking if it's a Firefox problem that I wouldn't encounter the same problems on IE, but it's the same.

The tech wants me to borrow a laptop, connect the modem with it, install FF and see if I have the same problems with a different computer.

I will borrow a laptop, but in the meantime, I'm wondering if anyone else has had a history of this problem?  Could it be a mouse problem that has popped up coincidentally at the same time I switched to dsl? I'm flummoxed. :)

If anyone has any ideas on what might be going on, I'd appreciate it. Is there anything else I should try or just check back in after I try another computer? Thanks in advance.

Pam]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-08 19:11:39</pubDate>
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<title>How do I find out how far I am from the CO?</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23371074</link>
<description><![CDATA[I have CT DSL and am considering a speed upgrade.  
I'm pretty sure we're quite far from the CO, although my margins look pretty good.   The last time I talked to a CT rep, she could not tell me how far I was from the CO. 
Is there a number to call to get that info?]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-20 14:55:19</pubDate>
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<title>CenturyLink DSL Availability</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23355177</link>
<description><![CDATA[I am a CenturyLink (former Embarq) customer for local phone service and live in a rural area north of Kansas City, MO. Currently I have HughesNet for internet access, but I have a very old dish that I think is getting close to needing a new transmitter (lots of transmit errors and service interruptions).

I'm very interested in switching to DSL with CenturyLink, but according to the web site the service is not available at my location. I've called a CenturyLink store to try and find out how long it might be before DSL is available for me with no definitive answer other than, try and hold out for a couple of months. 

Is there a number I can call to get information about how far I am from DSL service or to do a location check to see if it's close to my location?

I really do not want to invest in new HughesNet hardware or get back into another one or 2 year commitment. However, I'm not sure how much longer it's going to hang in there!

    Thanks!

        Rick]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-17 16:16:21</pubDate>
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<title>Unusual latency</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23358961</link>
<description><![CDATA[I'm in O'Fallon, MO and since Thursday or so (11/12/09) I've been having fairly significant fluctuations in my latency. My wife and I are WoW players and we started noticing random spikes in our latency relating to delayed cast times and a few disconnects. I ran a few speakeasy bandwidth tests to Chicago, Atlanta, and Dallas. 

We are on the 15Mb/3Mb fibre plan and generally get 20/3 in speed. My Dallas test was okay but Chicago and Atlanta barely broke 9Mb on Sunday. Last night I rand them all again and they were better but still around 12/2 each. I also ran a tracert to the WoW server we play on in the Dallas datacenter and not hop was over 58ms. In game, however, our latencies jump from 158ms (normal for us) to over 380ms. Even when out latencies are fairly normal we're getting some casting/loot lag. 

WoW forums as well as other guildies' lack of problems indicate this isn't a server issues. I'm on a WRT54G that is about 3 years old and lacking one firmware update (to be applied tonight) and since it's fibre I have no modem. I've not had any issues until mid-last week. 

Is there any sort of known issue on CenturyLink's network (upgrades/maintenance) that might be giving me this? Could it really be the firmware or is my router and/or additional 10/100 switch going kaput? The latency spikes are killing us. Any ideas are appreciated. I'm at work sadly so not able to try anything until I get home.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-18 11:08:09</pubDate>
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<title>Frequent disconnects</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23355666</link>
<description><![CDATA[About 1 month ago I had to have my modem replaced. Up til then I wasnt getting disconnected very much. Since the newer modem, which was same model, Westell 6100, I have had very frequent disconnects. I have had tech out to check things out and ever with it disconnecting with him here he said nothing seemed wrong with the lines or modem. He said it was most likely my computer. I called again after checking the connection logs and notice that the dsl restarts. They are sending another tech out to check things again. Is there anything that you can suggest that I ask the tech to check? If i need to post logs or stats, just let me know.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-17 17:51:50</pubDate>
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<title>Dsl finally hooked up</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23349456</link>
<description><![CDATA[Well the ctl tech finally came out. He hooked up the dsl and it worked. We are at 26,000 feet. although it is 512mb its finally on.
speedtest is 54mb down
                 26mb up
                 73 ping
Not as fast as hughes system but no FAP and not affected by weather.
Alot cheaper too. :)]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-16 14:59:38</pubDate>
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<title>caching servers</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,23344567</link>
<description><![CDATA[I have been noticing a lot of my traffic is going to a caching server. Is there a way to disable this? (other than blocking all traffic in and out on 67.232.246.0/24)

After embarq started hijacking 404's now this. This broke some of my customers networks by not returning NX domain for non-fqdn intranet lookup's and returning the public ip address of their search page.
(I fixed this for my customers by running my own dns server and not using the 4.2.2.2 that tech support suggested) 

Also jacking my caller id from $8.50 to $11.50 did not help

Communist-cast is looking better

drxray]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-15 14:28:16</pubDate>
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