cox vs centurylink

[der.hans]

Am 17. Jul, 2015 schwätzte Stephen Partington so:

moin moin Stephen,

> I am curious about the difference as well. I have been running Cox services
> for quite some time as us west was horrible about random new features being

Random new features?

ciao,

der.hans

> added without any consent. This likely has changed but Cox really has
> provided good service until recently. I am trying to decide if I want to
> move service or buy a new cable modem (would improve service as i cannot
> get full speed on my current modem)
> On Jul 17, 2015 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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