Topic 'Re: New 10 Meg pricing' in forum 'CenturyLink' - dslreports.com

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:03:37 EDT

Rob_ posted : Looks like the site has been updated. at least for me.

This looks tempting to switch. I've been on cable for the longest time.

-Rob

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:42:21 EDT

CTL_Joey posted : Sorry for the delayed response, but current subscribers are not required to renew a 1 year commitment to get the new pricing. Hope this helps.

Joey H.
Embarq Customer Outreach
reachout@embarq.com

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:41:09 EDT

Rob_ posted : Joey, GREAT JOB! But im not switching until the merge is done. Cox is expensive but I do need low pings too!

There's no need for us here to rely on orlando, atlanta (re: sprint DSL)

I can't wait until you start upgrading us to fiber..

-Rob

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:14:28 EDT

anon posted : no. they wont be adding anymore contracts or extensions on your current plan(contract)

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:42:17 EDT

Fox McCloud posted :

said by Jon55555 :

Wow! I just called to get the new rate. It took LESS than 5 minutes including hold time. Love it :D

I love it too:

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:39:57 EDT

anon posted : Wow! I just called to get the new rate. It took LESS than 5 minutes including hold time. Love it :D

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:16:10 EDT

ozar posted :

said by CTL_Joey:

Embarq.com is not updated to with the new pricing. You just have to ask. IM me if you have any trouble.

Joey H.
Embarq Reach Out
reachout@embarq.com

Joey, just curious... if a subscriber calls in and asks for the new price, is he/she agreeing to a new contract, or does the current contract continue, but with the lower price?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:57:25 EDT

CTL_Joey posted : Embarq.com is not updated to with the new pricing. You just have to ask. IM me if you have any trouble.

Joey H.
Embarq Reach Out
reachout@embarq.com

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:26:42 EDT

TScheisskopf posted : Are you sure you are on the right phone package? You might have to upgrade that.

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:23:42 EDT

anon posted : Thanks. I shall be more insistent. Perhaps I'll ask to speak with Kathy! :D

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:14:16 EDT

TScheisskopf posted : I asked for it. I actually read the Sales Rep(a delightful lass named Kathy) the post. She put me on hold and came back and told me I was in for the discount.

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:10:58 EDT

anon posted :

said by TScheisskopf:

said by Syncognition:

Effective January 6th, 2009 the price of Embarq's 10M/896k service will be reduced by $10 for residentail customers. This means the regular ala carte price will be 54.95, and the discounted rate with a qualifying package will be 44.95 (which if you recall is what the price of 5M was a year ago). This change is to maintain competitive pricing in the market and drive higher sales of the service. This offer is available to new DSL customers and reactively to existing customers.

Wheeeee!!! I just got $10.00 taken off my bill! You couldn't wipe the smile offn' ma face with ZipStrip and a Raspin' file! :D

I am in Blairstown. Did you call in to get 10M for $44.95? I qualify for 10M service, have the $29.95 phone package; but the website and phone call still quote $54.95

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:14:48 EDT

DarnellP posted :

said by Fox McCloud:

it just occurred to me...yes, I know they're cutting the price to remain competitive...but is there the possibility of a new speed tier emerging soon?

I was wondering that myself...

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:22:06 EDT

comitatus1 posted : Thanks a lot for the visual. :hmm:

Chris

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:48:42 EDT

TScheisskopf posted :

Wheeeee!!! I just got $10.00 taken off my bill! You couldn't wipe the smile offn' ma face with ZipStrip and a Raspin' file! :D

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:09:41 EDT

anon posted :

IT ALSO APPLIES TO 10 MEG BUSINESS CUSTOMERS. JUST GOT MINE REDUCED,YEA!

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:10:05 EDT

bctrainers posted : Agreed, check out the peering points of Level3 and SprintLink. They only meet every so often ( Sprint: »www.sprint.net/performance/ ) (Level3: »www.level3.com/downloads/Level_3···_map.pdf ) Quite a difference I have to admit. Once you cut out the fluff lines. :)

EDIT: Level3 says they have multiple routes through Kansas city. Yeah, a work in progress maybe? Only way out of KC is via KC to St. Louis at the moment. :p

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:59:42 EDT

espaeth posted :

said by Rob_:

Joey, fix the routing issues that Fort Walton Beach has and I'll switch. You bounce from Orlando to Atlanta. Not necessary.

That's most likely outside of Embarq's control and has everything to do with the carriers in play. In most cases, routing through Tampa would mean having to route through Dallas before you could reach east coast destinations. You can only move between carriers where they intersect, and those points of intersection only happen at a select few cities around the US.

Take a look at some network maps from the major carriers and you'll see how the pattern unfolds:

»www.isp-planet.com/img/backbones/BTN.jpg
»www.isp-planet.com/img/backbones···kMap.jpg
»www.isp-planet.com/img/backbones···0map.jpg
»www.isp-planet.com/img/backbones···0Map.gif
»www.isp-planet.com/img/backbones···full.jpg
»www.isp-planet.com/img/backbones/attmap.jpg
»www.isp-planet.com/img/backbones···_map.jpg
»www.isp-planet.com/img/backbones···_map.gif
»www.isp-planet.com/img/backbones···full.jpg

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 04:53:53 EDT

Rob_ posted : Joey, fix the routing issues that Fort Walton Beach has and I'll switch. You bounce from Orlando to Atlanta. Not necessary.

Why we can't be bounced from Tampa is beyond me. But, I need low pings. I'm sticking with cable. (for now)

Thanks for the lower price. DSL is very 20'th cent. (speed wise) but, you don't offer the crap cable has, either which is a plus. I hope you will lower the other plans, too.
I'm not making a decision until I dial 611 and hear Century Tell.

-Rob

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:38:41 EDT

Fox McCloud posted : if they're quoting you for $54.95 with phone service, then you're getting the $10 bundling discount....once you've established service, I'd say just call in and mention the new price structure for 10 meg--they'll then likely give you the $10 off that you want and you'll be paying $44.95 total.
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"True Patriotism is more closely linked with dissent than it is to conformity and a blind desire for safety and security...I accept the definition of patriotism as that effort to resist abusive state power." -Ron Paul

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:27:39 EDT

anon posted : What phone package do you need to get the $44.95 price for the 10Meg service? I qualify for the 10Meg service, but they still quote me (over the phone and website) $54.95 for 10Meg. I have phone service with caller id, voice mail, call waiting. I am in New Jersey.

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:47:49 EDT

Titus Pullo posted :

said by Hazy Arc:

I'm working on the 10000 barrier! (tested from the Atlanta server at »www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ )

That's a good result!

But what about Java tests? I can't break 9900 no matter time, place, or machine used.

Edit: Image link from my review page:

»/r0/download/1···3254.png
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Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:32:00 EDT

Hazy Arc posted : I'm working on the 10000 barrier! (tested from the Atlanta server at »www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ )

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:17:39 EDT

Titus Pullo posted :

said by CTL_Joey:

I was also very tempted to make the switch :)

I can't break the 9900 barrier on the Java test !! - but I won't complain :D
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Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:53:19 EDT

CTL_Joey posted : I was also very tempted to make the switch :)

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:37:43 EDT

Titus Pullo posted : My ping times are the same on 10 ASDL2+ as they were with fast path.

I was told also that the 10M plan defaults to fast path, but I can't find a way to 'see' that information using the previous Telnet commands:

EMBARQ> wan adsl chandata
DSL standard: ADSL2PLUS
near-end bit rate: 11773 kbps
far-end bit rate: 1023 kbps

Anyway, my first and second hop results to Embarq dot com are the same as when I was on 3.0 Fastpath (notebook -> wifi access point -> switch -> router):

traceroute to embarq.com (168.251.192.15), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets 1  192.168.2.1 (192.168.2.1)  1.802 ms  1.344 ms  1.286 ms 2  va-76-5-72-1.dhcp.embarqhsd.net (76.5.72.1)  7.773 ms  8.609 ms  8.226 ms 3  va-69-34-35-93.sta.embarqhsd.net (69.34.35.93)  8.661 ms  8.248 ms  8.992 ms 4  sl-gw20-rly-3-0.sprintlink.net (160.81.67.213)  16.250 ms  16.618 ms  16.249 ms 5  sl-crs1-rly-0-5-0-2.sprintlink.net (144.232.3.60)  16.274 ms  16.747 ms  18.976 ms 6  sl-crs2-akr-0-2-3-0.sprintlink.net (144.232.9.217)  32.727 ms  32.227 ms  32.274 ms 7  144.232.3.232 (144.232.3.232)  32.718 ms  32.333 ms  32.469 ms 8  sl-bb22-roa-9-0-0.sprintlink.net (144.232.18.111)  34.046 ms  33.914 ms  34.070 ms 9  sl-gw20-roa-9-0.sprintlink.net (144.232.17.186)  34.258 ms  33.701 ms  34.283 ms10  sl-sprintut-258809-0.sprintlink.net (160.81.187.66)  50.009 ms  49.948 ms  49.720 ms

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:30:35 EDT

anon posted : I had to request fastpath back when they did my 10MB last year

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:35:03 EDT

Syncognition posted : When Lamont was still the official tech for this forum he advised me that 10M accounts default to fastpath (I asked him to check my account to verify). If this still holds true you would probably have a better ping time as well. I've never done a traceroute to verify what my ping times are myself, but I will try it when I get home today and see what it looks like.

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:53:41 EDT

Monolith posted : The only thing that has been holding me back are my ping times. They are a lot higher with Embarq. 32 ms to the first hop does not work well for online games. When my first hop on cable is 1 ms. I tried several months ago to switch to fast path, but my line would not sync correct it was like at 18Mbps one of the techs on here told me. I am wondering though since they upgraded my area to 10 M, and I can get 10 M, if that would change my line at all and I could go to fast path now. hmmm

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:15:23 EDT

Hazy Arc posted :

said by Monolith:

I am very tempted to make the switch to 10M, and get rid of TWC once and for all.

Go for it...you won't be disappointed.

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:38:43 EDT

Monolith posted : I am very tempted to make the switch to 10M, and get rid of TWC once and for all.

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:16:24 EDT

bctrainers posted :

said by Fox McCloud:

it just occurred to me...yes, I know they're cutting the price to remain competitive...but is there the possibility of a new speed tier emerging soon? It just seems rather odd that they're dropping the price all of a sudden.

*shrug* of course, maybe they really are doing it for the sole purpose of remaining competitive.

Either way, it's a nice drop. Just wish I could get those speeds at my location. :(

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:01:40 EDT

Fox McCloud posted : it just occurred to me...yes, I know they're cutting the price to remain competitive...but is there the possibility of a new speed tier emerging soon? It just seems rather odd that they're dropping the price all of a sudden.

*shrug* of course, maybe they really are doing it for the sole purpose of remaining competitive.
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"True Patriotism is more closely linked with dissent than it is to conformity and a blind desire for safety and security...I accept the definition of patriotism as that effort to resist abusive state power." -Ron Paul

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:13:27 EDT

Fox McCloud posted :

said by CTL_Joey:

Nothing that I know of :)

be sure to let us know if you do hear anything! :)

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:03:29 EDT

CTL_Joey posted : Nothing that I know of :)

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:00:11 EDT

Fox McCloud posted :

said by CTL_Joey:

Only the 10M pricing changed today. I think this is great news for anyone that can get 10M! And yes, you do have to call to get the new pricing.

Joey H.
Embarq Reach Out
reachout@embarq.com

any rumors/word on/if the other packages' pricing will be cut in the future?
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"True Patriotism is more closely linked with dissent than it is to conformity and a blind desire for safety and security...I accept the definition of patriotism as that effort to resist abusive state power." -Ron Paul

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:40:53 EDT

CTL_Joey posted : Only the 10M pricing changed today. I think this is great news for anyone that can get 10M! And yes, you do have to call to get the new pricing.

Joey H.
Embarq Reach Out
reachout@embarq.com

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:32:38 EDT

Fox McCloud posted : this is much needed IMHO, as the 10 meg package was a bit over-priced.

Also, what about the 5 meg package? is it still $49.95?

And what of the other packages?

In any event, this is very very tempting now...I may upgrade...
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"True Patriotism is more closely linked with dissent than it is to conformity and a blind desire for safety and security...I accept the definition of patriotism as that effort to resist abusive state power." -Ron Paul

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:53:46 EDT

Titus Pullo posted : Thanks!

Just so people know, if you have only a landline and the HSI, the price drops from $65 to $55.
You need the phone-fluff package to drop the price further.
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Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:14:36 EDT

Syncognition posted : Nothing else so far, but I'd like to see it happen. And yes, you do have to call. This is usually the case as with the DSL as an existing customer you are under contract and may be "price for life", and as such Embarq won't change your price unless you request it.

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:00:35 EDT

Hazy Arc posted : Awesome. Any word on if they'll reduce prices for any other tiers?

Re: New 10 Meg pricing

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:52:07 EDT

MrMoody posted : Automatically or do we have to ask?

New 10 Meg pricing

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:26:16 EDT

Syncognition posted : Effective January 6th, 2009 the price of Embarq's 10M/896k service will be reduced by $10 for residentail customers. This means the regular ala carte price will be 54.95, and the discounted rate with a qualifying package will be 44.95 (which if you recall is what the price of 5M was a year ago). This change is to maintain competitive pricing in the market and drive higher sales of the service. This offer is available to new DSL customers and reactively to existing customers.