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Originally Posted by tuccillo
There have been some recent threads on this. I have seen a couple of router hangs in the last couple of months and asked Century Link to take a look. They wound up replacing my router and in the process I asked them about any new "deals" as our 1 year "introductory deal" is going to end soon. By the way, they are very responsive to service calls and came out the next day. The net result is I found out that 100 megabit/sec (100 Mbps) is available if you have fiber to the house. A Century Link employee also posted that 1 gigabit (1000 Mbps or 1 Gbps) is also available. It will apparently take a couple of phone calls to make the 1 Gbps happen but it appears you can get it. I wound up getting a new deal for 40 Mbps that is $5/month less than I am currently paying. The 100 Mbps was more than I was willing to pay and I don't have a requirement for that much bandwidth even though I work from home.
If you really have a need for the fastest possible internet and live in an area with Century Link fiber to the house, then Century Link will provide the fastest if you can find the right person to put through an order for 1 Gbps. It is also surprisingly low cost - about $80/month plus taxes/fees for 1 Gbps, if I recall correctly. For those who don't keep up on this sort of thing, 1 Gbps is available in relatively few areas of the country. You would really need a pretty hardcore movie download habit (not video streaming) to see an advantage over more pedestrian internet speeds. Streaming Netflix video in Hi-Def only consumes about 3 Mbps.
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What number did you use to call Century Link? My last dealing with them regarding a router/ethernet issue was like a Comcast flashback. Started out online and then moved around with no resolution. Thanks.