[Lottoguy]

Please pay close attention to your Centurylink high speed internet bill. Many of you may see a spike in your billing. This may be due to your two year agreement has expired. Mine went up to over $70 from the previous monthly bill of $42. I called their customer service to complain about this huge hike. After a few minutes of being put on hold I was told I qualified for their new "internet price for life" promotion. So, I will be paying $45 a month as long as I keep their service.

[OldManTime]

I had it for a week, and went back to Comcast.

[Gerald]

Centurylink game time.
Raise the price when the person complains sell them another plan. Or the other thing they like to do is come up with silly reasons why they raised your price and then tell you how they can save you so much money . The next bill gets mixed up because of another mistake and so on. Until you either pay for the overprice or take a plan you don’t want. Of course always saying how sorry they are about all the errors. I now say get a ruko or equivalent devise and stream all your programs. You can get you internet from any company since they all will try the same tacktic on billing to make money .

[champion6]

Originally Posted by OldManTime

I had it for a week, and went back to Comcast.

I have Comcast and am considering the Centurylink price-for-life with-no-contract offer. Which village are you in? Why did you go back to Comcast?

[Uberschaf]

Centurylink is not broadband it's DSL .

[champion6]

Originally Posted by Uberschaf

Centurylink is not broadband it's DSL .

Terminology???

Comcast and Centurylink are both commonly referred to as broadband.

Comcast is via coaxial cable and Centurylink is DSL via copper wire.

[Bryan]

In some parts of TV (but not all), CenturyLink is fiber optic via a fiber optic cable. I have that and the internet service is great - customer support not so much so.

[Nucky]

They raised our price from $36 to $67 all in, taxes and all the B.S. I called to cancel and was put back to $35 plus the taxes and B.S. I'm going to stay with them it has been very reliable for the past year and a half. It is DSL and I did purchase the router from them day one which saves a $10 per month rental fee.

Price is set for life as long as you keep the plan. Does not say they can't change the plan. We are in an area where it is DSL and it is painfully slow. We are switching to Comcast next week.

[champion6]

Originally Posted by fw102807

We are in an area where it is DSL and it is painfully slow.

Which area are you in?

[spring_chicken]

$45 is not a good deal for their slow speeds. It will be an even worse deal in a few years when everyone else has at least 100 mg and you're stuck at snail speed.

[champion6]

Originally Posted by spring_chicken

$45 is not a good deal for their slow speeds. It will be an even worse deal in a few years when everyone else has at least 100 mg and you're stuck at snail speed.

Not "stuck." There is no contract with this Centurylink offer. Just walk away when you want.

[New Englander]

I tried to see if Centurylink has fiber optic Pinellas but I get no results. Maybe it's not available there.

[tuccillo]

I believe everyone south of 466a already has access to the fiber optic infrastructure. I also believe a good chunk of the rest of The Villages also has access. One way to know for sure is if you see a fiber optic cable loop on the outside of your house by your electric meter. If you don't, then you should call CenturyLink to find out.

Originally Posted by New Englander

I tried to see if Centurylink has fiber optic Pinellas but I get no results. Maybe it's not available there.

[tuccillo]

The speed you have access to is a function of whether you have access to the fiber optic infrastructure or the older copper based DSL. If you have fiber, $45 per month gets you 25 megabits per second download with their new price-for-life pricing structure. This is actually more than sufficient for most people. For example, streaming Netflix at 1080p Hi-Def resolution only needs about 5 megabits per second. You are also not committed to stay at that speed. Higher speeds, such as 40 megabits per second, 100 megabits per second, and 1000 megabits per second (1 gigabit per second), are also available if you have fiber.

Originally Posted by spring_chicken

$45 is not a good deal for their slow speeds. It will be an even worse deal in a few years when everyone else has at least 100 mg and you're stuck at snail speed.