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CenturyLink Apologizes for Misleading Customer About Its Gigabit Internet Service

2015-04-04 21:15:39| Telecom - Topix.net

As I've reported before , Seattle desperately needs affordable, reliable high-speed Internet service, and a lot of people are pissed off that the city's two dominant providers - Comcast and CenturyLink - haven't yet made it available in all parts of town. President Obama says he stands behind any city that wants to take matters into its own hands, over those companies' objections , by creating municipal utility-run gigabit broadband networks.

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CenturyLink says 1 Gig has great potential for schools, telecommuters

2015-03-30 19:56:29| Telecom - Topix.net

CenturyLink says that in Utah and other communities where it is deploying its 1 Gbps fiber-to-the-premises service, it is gaining strong traction with local school districts and residential users who telecommute for major corporations like eBay and Microsoft . While bringing 1 Gbps broadband service to residential customers is a key focus for CenturyLink, the service provider is finding that schools represent a large market that's in dire need of higher speeds.

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CenturyLink turns on Prism TV in Denver - here's where

2015-03-25 01:39:32| Telecom - Topix.net

CenturyLink started turning on its Prism TV service in some Denver neighborhoods Tuesday, hours after the city approved the company's cable TV franchise agreement. The Denver City Council approved a 10-year franchise agreement that lets the Monroe, Louisiana-based telecom launch its cable-like subscription TV service, which now competes with Comcast's cable offerings in the city.

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No suspects in CenturyLink cable cut

2015-03-22 04:18:58| Telecom - Topix.net

By Les Bowen Contributing Reporter Authorities say they have no leads in the investigation of vandalism to a CenturyLink optical fiber cable that cut off telephone and Internet services across northern Arizona for about five hours Feb. 25. He said when police arrived on scene the day of the vandalism, CenturyLink personnel were already busy repairing the line. "These guys had an option," Holmes said.

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