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Old 08-31-2020, 07:12 AM
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Originally Posted by sandie View Post
How did u go on line to find out out widespread outage? It would hv save me trying to get them for hrs. I had internet when I first got up, very early riser, then 1-2hrs later went down. Saw this reflected on my modem. Of course I tried calling tech serv for the next sev hrs but did not get through until around noon when their recording said IP prob resolved. All the time I’ve had century link , I rearly hv a prob.
I found out quickly about the widespread outage by using my cellphone that uses Verzon for Internet access. I googled CenturyLink and saw there were outage issues. Also, went to Downdetector.com to get more info. I never bothered calling since they knew they had a problem!