Re: Broadband - hardly in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22485521 en Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:04:38 EDT Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:04:38 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22489954 rabeatz : CenturyTel also has rights to part of the 700mhz wireless spectrum.. what they plan to do with it is yet to be known..

»telephonyonline.com/wireless/new···ay-0409/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22489954 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:25:11 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22487923 TScheisskopf : You know, EMBARQ has a pretty decent bunch of people who have pushed good speeds pretty far out into the boonies. Just sayin'...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22487923 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:14:55 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22487870 bn1221 : We use them in my Memphis office. Not too bad - 69.00 for a 512KB up 1.5 MB down with a static IP for business class. The equiv plan from VZ would ne 384/1mbit for 99.00]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22487870 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:59:00 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22487061 SlyLoK :
said by AlexNYC See Profile :

quote:
more than two million broadband customers


The term "broadband" is kind of a stretch when describing CenturyTel's DSL service .... :D
Coming from someone who has been stuck with dialup for 25 years.. 256k would be heaven.. The more the better but I wouldnt throw a fit if I could only get 256k.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22487061 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:14:02 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22486849 chd176 : thanks lol]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22486849 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:14:23 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22486445 Eat Me : No such luck here. 5/896k is as much as I will get, given distance from the CO.

Oh well. Service Electric Cable gives 30/2 which beats Embarq hands down.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22486445 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:46:09 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22485599 iansltx : That's assuming your ISP touches the local phone system. From your forum posts (going off the top of my head here) they appear to have their own wireless distribution system back to Kansas City. I might be wrong, but if they don't buy telco circuits their bandwidth costs won't change.

Though if CenLink hooks together their backbone well enough for cheap enough other providers might come in due to cheaper startup costs (lot less expensive to start out with a few T1s than to build a wireless distribution system) and introduce competition into the area.

So I suppose the biggest factor in pricing such stuff out is competition. Though it seems cable companies tend to be cheaper than telcos for everything like this, albeit at lower quality levels...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22485599 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:05:56 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22485521 me1212 : That would be cool if they did cause that could mean cheaper bandwidth for the WISP I use.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22485521 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:49:06 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22485500 iansltx : Hmm, wonder if that means cheaper local bandwidth for WISPs where CenLink won't reach?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22485500 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:44:48 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22485457 AlexNYC : The best they have to offer within a 100 mile radius (maybe more) is 1500/256 and even when I had that, I was not getting even half of those speeds due to their utterly oversubscribed and badly managed network. A name change to CenturyHELL would be more like it ...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22485457 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:34:52 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22485408 dsldude08 : 20/3 ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22485408 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:23:33 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22485377 chd176 : In almost all areas they have 10/768 available if you're close enough to the RT/CO then they have 20/2 If you're lucky enough to have FTTH
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10,000/768 CenturyTel PPPoE DSL line (really 5,000/768 ;)) Now it's really 1500/256...again lol]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22485377 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:17:01 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22485279 rabeatz : That lightcore network also has plans for expansion into EQ territories, and across the US in their territories, throughout 2009-2012]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22485279 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:54:35 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22485238 iansltx : Or not have either due to trees in the way of the sat...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22485238 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:46:55 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22485009 Karl Bode : On the bright side, you could be an area where all you could get is HughesNet or Wild Blue.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22485009 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:06:39 EDT Re: Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22484826 iansltx : Are you one of the people sitting on a 256k connection? If so then I pity you if that's all you can get in your area. Otherwise, shush...I'd much rather have 512k over DSL than 512k over a shaky WISP, and 1.5/256 would be great here. Then again, CenTel...er...CenLink won't be taking my area over any time soon so it's a moot point.

FWIW, while service could be better at peak times, my experience of a family member's Embarq connection (3072/640 due to loop length) was enjoyable, even with interleave. Sure, 10/896 isn't next-gen, but the merged entity just might be able to upgrade infrastructure and give better service to everyone in their footprint.

As a potential plus for Embarq customers, CenTel has a regional backbone network (Lightcore) and Embarq doesn't. Then again, Embarq's typical bandwidth mix (Sprint + Level3) isn't bad at all...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22484826 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:33:48 EDT Broadband - hardly http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22484704 AlexNYC :
quote:
more than two million broadband customers


The term "broadband" is kind of a stretch when describing CenturyTel's DSL service .... :D ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22484704 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:07:50 EDT