http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Century-Tel-22416478 en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:14:49 EDT Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:14:49 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Century-Tel-22426825 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Century-Tel-22426825 Fri, 22 May 2009 08:14:49 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Century-Tel-22418079 I know I live in one of the best CenturyTel markets, but I have no complaints. I was just on the phone with them the other day trying to sort out what would be best for my Mother. I saw your post and was curious about your in-laws situation. With CenturyTel or Comcast (or anyone for that matter) things change...prices change...packages change...speeds change. If they are happy with Comcast then that is great. If they are not I would call CenturyTel and get the latest and greatest and not go by what everything was over a year ago. Take care :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Century-Tel-22418079 Wed, 20 May 2009 15:58:12 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Century-Tel-22418008
First off at the time it was a promo for 256kbps DSL for I think something like $25 a month (was the "base" speed package). To get 1.5mbps was nearly double that cost. Again this was all over a year ago anyway.

I'm not the one who suggested they upgrade to cable, they switched and were commenting on how much faster it was.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Century-Tel-22418008 Wed, 20 May 2009 15:43:26 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Century-Tel-22417795 So are they paying $50 something dollars for a speed that there old and slow computer will never fully realize? They may have not needed much more than 256k. (FWIW you can get DSL cheaper now by going without the previously required phone line)
Comcast should have an Internet Economy tier that is 1.0M for around 25 bucks. You may want to look into that for them. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Century-Tel-22417795 Wed, 20 May 2009 15:02:04 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Century-Tel-22417362
Many telco's do not deploy RTs to increase the distance. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Century-Tel-22417362 Wed, 20 May 2009 13:38:17 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Century-Tel-22416984
Just FWIW, they did try CT DSL a year ago when it had some kind of promo. Still wasn't cheap by any stretch of the imagination.

These are non-techy people. Their computer is old and slow (1ghz w/ 384mb RAM). They were used to dialup. Even at 256kbps, DSL was faster than the 26.4 dialup.

But then they got Comcast... no comparison.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Century-Tel-22416984 Wed, 20 May 2009 12:36:07 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Century-Tel-22416690
CenturyTel serves many areas with 256k that would not have better than dial up otherwise.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Century-Tel-22416690 Wed, 20 May 2009 11:47:45 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Century-Tel-22416555 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Century-Tel-22416555 Wed, 20 May 2009 11:30:21 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Century-Tel-22416478
Welcome to 1998!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Century-Tel-22416478 Wed, 20 May 2009 11:19:39 EDT