 BinkVillains... knock off all that evil
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Bink
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2011-Apr-21 4:29 pm
SadSad. Who has heard of CenturyLink? Almost no one. Guess I’ll be dumping my Qwest service soon for that “cool new” company with great bandwidth called XFINITY… | |
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Re: Sadlol xfinity is comcast and they had acap at 250gb! bink..... centurylink does not. | |
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Re: SadYea and the centurylink price will only be twice what you paid for Qwest. The merger conditions did not require that they honor the price for life agreements so expect your price to go up. They are already advertising the new $55 (up to) 1.5MB DSL here. Expect higher rates to have much higher prices. The cap doesn't mean anything if you have to pay twice the amount. | |
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Re: Saddo you know how contracts work? Must not really. If a company buys your services and you are under contract; the new company MUST by law honor that contract of yours and every other customer that has that contract. They can NOT just do away with it for customers that already have it. But they can choose to NOT to offer it to NEW customers and that is their right. But the fact is the Gov't does not really have the right to tell a business what they must and can not sell their products for. That has been seen before and it will always bite the gov't in the ass. People are able to make choices own their own and its time to let big brother go and fight wars and let the people worry about their own choices and make them start reading what they agree to BEFORE they sign.
But like i said. CentLink will be required to honor your contract as stated in any contract law. | |
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Re: SadApparently your a contract expert, and in particular know exactly what the language is in the Qwest price of life contracts or you otherwise wouldn't have taken such a hostile tone. In fact you must be well aware of the change of ownership clauses, the recourses in the event of breech and under what terms Qwest allowed to terminate the price for life "guarantee".
So being the large expert you are why don't you explain each in detail with a citation to the terms of the contract. You can use the order listed above starting with the specific terms of the Qwest contract that everyone with service agreed to that deal with material changes of ownership of Qwest. Then you can deal with the recourse in the event of breech and under what terms Qwest is allowed to terminate the contract.
Personally I don't have high expectations that you actually know anything about the contract for which you claim to know so well much like your pointless anti-government rant you felt compelled to add for no apparent reason. | |
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fiberguy
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2011-Apr-22 2:03 am
Re: SadThe clause won't stand up in court. | |
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said by firedrakes:lol xfinity is comcast and they had acap at 250gb! bink..... centurylink does not. .. NOT that you know of, at this time, nor do you know if they intend on implementing one. Qwest HAS terminated abusers in the past. CL isn't going to also kill off all that is Qwest. It's quite common for a company to retain or merge in some of the policies of the company they purchased. Also, as for Comcast's Xfinity internet - so what...? The majority of people that use the service don't know about the 250gb cap, don't CARE about the cap, nor ever come close to hitting that soft cap. So why is it necessary to bring it up? Around her it's well known that Comcast has a cap. So what are you gaining by being captain obvious? | |
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That's one of the stupidest things I've heard on here! Go right ahead and drop them for no good reason other than they changed their name..
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Re: Sadsaid by stunod2002:That's one of the stupidest things I've heard on here! Go right ahead and drop them for no good reason other than they changed their name..
Proof that the modern consumer is as smart a a pile of rocks. Intellectually vapid.... More concerned about the name/brand as opposed to what it can actually do for them. They should name it MTVLink or Facebook Link, no problems then. | |
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Re: Sadsaid by warwick:said by stunod2002:That's one of the stupidest things I've heard on here! Go right ahead and drop them for no good reason other than they changed their name..
Proof that the modern consumer is as smart a a pile of rocks. Intellectually vapid.... More concerned about the name/brand as opposed to what it can actually do for them. They should name it MTVLink or Facebook Link, no problems then. Exactly.... | |
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"Xfinity" is a company in the same sense that "FiOS" and "U-verse" are companies. "FiOS", "U-verse", and "Xfiinity" are the names of service packages offered by, Verizon, AT&T, and Comcast, respectively.
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Horrible name.I knew the old Century Telephone Company. It was a respected name and it "sounded" good. Especially as we are now in the first years of a new century, it would have been appropriate as a name to stay with.
"CenturyLink" is awful.
It has none of the prestige of a classic name, and none of the snap of a modern name.
It would have been smarter to take on the Qwest name, just as SBC took on the AT&T name when SBC bought AT&T. | |
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| openbox9
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openbox9
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2011-Apr-21 5:28 pm
Re: Horrible name.Since Qwest survived long enough and shopped itself around for quite some time, I doubt that Century-whatever, wanted perpetuate the Qwest legacy any longer than necessary. | |
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Why would they use the name Century TELEPHONE Company in the 21st century?
That would not be an appropriate name at all to stay with, since that is not the only thing they do anymore.
I guess AT&T should expand their name back out. | |
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Re: Horrible name.said by skuv :Why would they use the name Century TELEPHONE Company in the 21st century?
That would not be an appropriate name at all to stay with, since that is not the only thing they do anymore.
Century Communications, if you like. But "CenturyLink" is just awful. BTW, there is nothing wrong with the word phone or even telephone. said by skuv :I guess AT&T should expand their name back out.
They kept the "Telegraph" as part of their name for decades after it was no longer relevant. But short-form or long-form, the AT&T name has lasted well over 100 years. CenturyLink's name probably won't even make 100 months. | |
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fiberguy
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2011-Apr-22 2:11 am
Re: Horrible name.What major "telephone" provider has the name "phone" or "telephone" in their name? .. (waiting...)
Second, anyone that thinks the name matters, or spends a lot of time, money, or effort on the name is very happy in their own profession because many people don't care.
Also, "communications"... if you're going to get technical about a name, people think of their "link" or "connection" ... You hear people say "I need to link up to.. " or "My internet CONNECTION"... but you don't really hear anyone say... "My internet communication line is down" or "... is working"..
But, have fun with the name. They could out right change the name from CenturyLink to Acme Communications Company, or AC&C, if they wanted to, and in time people would associate the name with the "provider".. a name can be marketed.
There really is no major value in the name "century___" period. However, one thing that does stand true is that in the eyes of many people, Qwest is associated with bad service and scandal. Either way, again, doesn't matter because in their case, it's still the local provider in the areas they server and people realize it's the same company. | |
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Re: Horrible name.said by fiberguy:What major "telephone" provider has the name "phone" or "telephone" in their name? .. (waiting...)
Oh, my. Here are some in Pennsylvania alone: Hickory Telephone » www.hky.com/Ironton Telephone » www.ironton.com/North Penn Telephone » www.northpenntelephone.com/and last but not least: Yukon-Waltz Telephone Company » www.yukonwaltz.com/------------------------------------- You may say that CenturyLink is bigger than those companies, but that does not make the CenturyLink company (or that silly name) any better. Companies that try to HIDE what they are, look as foolish as older women trying to wear miniskirts, or older men wearing speedos. | |
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fiberguy
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2011-Apr-28 4:39 am
Re: Horrible name.Well thank you! ..and I want to point out that you have clearly read where I said "what MAJOR telephone provider..." I'm sure that Hickory, Ironton, and North Penn are all MAJOR phone carriers.  But, moving on, nothing to see here. | |
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Totally agree... Century Link just sounds old and out-of-date by the time you finish saying their name. Don't know why anybody in marketing thought that was a good choice.
First thing that jumps into my mind with Century Link is last century. That's not necessarily a bad thing if you're talking about legacy stuff like banks, blue chip stock companies, or a well established old-school phone service (think AT&T brand) but tacking "link" on just makes it sound shoe-horned together.
From a marketing perspective I though the name Embarq was at least a notch or two above Century Link. | |
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2011-Apr-21 9:46 pm
Re: Horrible name.I miss the Embarq, the same way folks miss BellSouth in other areas... and the quality of services have declined from what my neighbors told me. I left last year when I found out that 3.0M DSL was the best they could do for me... I check them out every so often and to my dismay, I only qualify for 1.5M... yuck. I guess I will be a Comcast user for a while longer. Heck, CLink is raising their prices to be like Comcast LOL | |
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2011-Apr-21 5:56 pm
finallygoodbye Qworst, good riddance | |
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|  Simba7I Void Warranties
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2011-Apr-21 11:24 pm
Re: finallysaid by demir:goodbye Qworst, good riddance You think Qwest is bad? Try CenturyTel (aka. CenturyLink). I have heard several complaints about how long it takes to port a number over to CT and how ridiculously high their prices are. I hope they fix that immediately. I'm sure someone at a specific company here knows what I'm talking about. | |
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2011-Apr-26 8:26 pm
Re: finallyI think they are really awful. But what's worse is the corporate shilling of this thread. | |
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|  dvd536as Mr. Pink as they come
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said by demir:goodbye Qworst, good riddance
Qworst, US worst, now to be centurystink. same old crap company with crap service no matter who owns them! --
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2011-Apr-21 6:41 pm
Name change is not official to customers..look at Connecticut and you will find people still calling the phone company SNET.
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2011-Apr-21 7:11 pm
Which century?Centurylink is still in the 20th century here, doesn't matter what they call themselves. | |
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2011-Apr-21 7:44 pm
CenturyLink FieldTime for Qwest Field to change their business cards? » www.qwestfield.com/ | |
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2011-Apr-21 7:57 pm
Re: CenturyLink FieldWelcome to "the Clink"!
aka CenturyLink Field | |
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Re: CenturyLink FieldIf I hadn't just finished my glass of wine, my keyboard would be soaked. Well done. Unfortunately, based on the Clink forums, its seems like that's where current Qwest customer will feel like they reside once Clink's congested network problems hit (not that Qwest is much better). | |
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internetMaybe centurylink will be nicer and get me some high speed internet | |
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*Insert Lipstick on a Pig Comment Here*It doesn't matter what you name the company, the fact of the matter is, many of CenturyLink's customers throughout the United States are quite frustrated with Centurylink's bandwidth exhaust issues and lack of aging copper/bandwidth upgrades. A quick glance into the forum (» CenturyLink) shows the darker side of this "new" company. | |
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What shall I do?With no Qwest, how can I be Qworster any more? | |
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2011-Apr-21 10:27 pm
Qwest Brand HistoryBig deal. The Qwest brand hasn't much history itself. Prior to Qwest's own acquision of U.S. West, some 10 odd years ago, the longtime name of the Baby Bell was U.S. West - ever since its spinoff from AT&T (Ma Bell) in 1984. Prior to that Qwest was an up and coming long distance carrier primarily servicing corporate and wholesale accounts. And actually for a long while prior to the acquisition, U.S. West was the corporate umbrella, with services being provided under the original BOC's regional names. | |
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2011-Apr-22 10:31 am
Re: Qwest Brand HistoryI worked at US West (or USWEST as the style guide dictated) before and during the Q merger. Each region still was running legacy systems for Order Entry Billing, etc. for areas formerly served by Mountain Bell, Pacific Northwest Bell and Northwestern Bell. Nothing seemed to be integrated. Instead pre-1984 systems were in use, and may still be to this day for all I know. | |
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2011-Apr-21 11:38 pm
HmmmCool beans! So does that mean they'll kill off the DSL business and start going the Verizon FIOS way as a means to a "New Beginning" or are they just going to keep going with a dead platform that's doing nothing for 13 of the Western States under Qwests idle hand. | |
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Qwest gave away the store before the April 1 turnoverAnyone else get on the gravy train Qwest offered before the CentryLink deal closed in order to pump up sales?
Think about it. There were deals that weren't previously there.
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milk dsl = death to the companyget with the fiber or die as a company, no matter what it's called. | |
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2011-Apr-22 11:42 am
So is CenturyLink now an RBOC or still an Independant?That's my question. Because when it comes to pricing, service levels and repair commitments, independent telcos tend to have higher prices, lower service levels because they aren't regulated as heavily as the RBOC's (now just Verizon and at&t), also because they tend to have power and ownership concentrated at the top and these owners feel they can (or should be able to) do whatever they want. | |
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2011-Apr-23 12:22 am
Clink???WoW! Dumb move!
Haters will have a field-day with this!
Qworst will morph into Clink.
Bwahahahaha! Like...
"Everything was working fine, then Clink. Nothing!"
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2011-Apr-27 3:39 pm
Bigger is 'worser' everytime.Qwest/Centel/CenturyLink/Embarq...who cares! The bigger they get the worse(r) they get. Now Century Link will acquire Savvis Inc. and they are going to eliminate the Qwest name so will they eliminate Savvis name? Are any of us really foolish enough to think a name change improves service? The names are changed to protect the guilty and pretend the quality.....and the mergers are staged to provide unemployment opportunities to the thousands of working people who were trying to provide service. Attitudes will sink, call wait times will extend, prices will climb. Phones are the cash they are trying to cull because the newer technology is cheaper but costs more....I think...  | |
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