cox vs centurylink

[David Schwartz]

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 <PLUGd at LuftHans.com> 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
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