On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 12:53 AM, David Schwartz <[email protected]> wrote: > I’ve got CenturyLink, with a supposedly 40 up / 20 down link speeds. The > actual speeds (once they got them working) have been 38 / 17, which is ok. > > They keep sending me stuff to bundle, but I’m not interested. I just have > internet. I started with a 12-month deal for about $40/mo with the 40/20 > speed bump. > > When it came up for renewal, I called them and they offered me $38/mo for > another 12 month contract. I said “no contract”, and they jiggered it around > so I think I’m paying $42/mo now. > > These guys drive me batty. Everybody locks you into a 12-mo contract, then > they jack up their prices. I have no problem switching carriers after 12 > months, and they all charge about the same for the first year. They might > have less churn if they weren’t all incentivizing people to hop around and > just left things at one flat rate. > > (I got a 13-month lease on my apartment (weird, right?), and they’d only > write a 12-month contract. Go figure.) > > I also have an extra modem. > > If there’s a simple way I can tell if they’re blocking any ports, let me know > and I’ll try it. > > (I have a Mac, so whatever can be accessed from the command prompt is fair > game. I forget what might do that off-hand.) > > -David > > > > >> On Jul 17, 2015, at 12:17 AM, der.hans <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> moin moin, >> >> it would be a pay-per-view grudge match :). >> >> Anyway, time to reconsider ISPs. Those are the two wired options >> available. No charter in my neighborhood and I have been told by many, >> many people to be thankful of that. >> >> Anyway, my requirements are to have all ports open, static IPs and decent >> upstream bandwidth. >> >> Cox residential is out because they block ports 25 and 80. >> >> Cox business allows all ports, offers static IPs and has decent bandwidth >> in both directions. >> >> CenturyLink wants to hide all the information about its services. I did >> finally find some information including further contradictory information, >> so I'm confused about what they offer. I have little confidence in their >> sales support knowing. >> >> CenturyLink partners with m$ for services I don't care about ( hosted mail >> and web ). >> >> It looks like CenturyLink is prepping to compete with Google fiber, but >> not holding my breath for that service or the competitive response from >> the incumbants. >> >> Then again, CenturyLink's site is dedicated to bundling with little >> information for what you actually get in the bundles. >> >> Any feedback on experience with Qwest/CenturyLink? >> >> ciao, >> >> der.hans
I avoid CenturyLink like the plague*. this might be handy -> http://www.speedtest.net/?noflash=1 *past couple of decades --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
