New consumer and small business users of CenturyLink leased modems will be protected by McAfee security technology. CenturyLink says that modem protection will be established for “qualifying” customers for Internet-connected devices once they are plugged into the wall and the…
CenturyLink is closer to meeting buildout requirements in the Connect America Fund (CAF) rural broadband program but is still behind in some states, according to a filing that the company made this week with the FCC. In a confusing letter,…
Frontier and CenturyLink told the FCC they may not have met all deployment deadlines for 2020 for the Connect America Fund CAF II rural broadband program. If so, that would mark the second time the companies have missed CAF II…
CenturyLink unveiled a new branding strategy today, effectively breaking itself into two brands. The company introduced Lumen Technologies, or just Lumen, as its new brand for its largest business segment, enterprise and wholesale. The CenturyLink brand will remain and will…
In a period in which the COVID-19 pandemic brought the US Ethernet market largely to a halt, seven providers qualified for the Vertical Systems Group mid-year 2020 Carrier Ethernet Leaderboard, the firm says. The top VSG carrier Ethernet rankings, in…
CenturyLink told the FCC last week that it expects to meet its Connect America Fund CAF II deployment deadlines. Using fixed wireless in some areas may be key to meeting that goal, according to a letter that CenturyLink sent to…
BOULDER, Colo., May 29, 2020 — As families gather and simultaneously use their broadband connections for work, learning and entertainment, the CenturyLink network is keeping pace with the increased demand and growing – recently connecting more than 14,000 additional homes in…
CenturyLink edge computing infrastructure can serve 95% of the U.S. with five millisecond latency, said the company’s chief marketing offer Shaun Andrews on a webcast that was part of a virtual financial conference today. That infrastructure is comprised of about…
MONROE, La., May 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — CenturyLink, a provider of high-speed internet service to communities across the country, has expanded its fiber network in many parts of the U.S., and plans to continue this growth by bringing faster internet speeds…
CenturyLink has warned the FCC that the company may not meet deadlines for completing broadband deployments funded through the CAF (Connect America Fund) program. In a meeting with senior commission officials this week, CenturyLink representatives attributed the deployment delays to…
Vertical Systems Group’s SD-WAN Leaderboard remained mostly stable through the end of last year. AT&T, Hughes, Verizon, CenturyLink, Windstream, Aryaka and Comcast each have at least a 2% SD-WAN market share, counting installed and billable carrier-managed customer sites in the…
MONROE, La., April 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — CenturyLink is donating high-speed internet connections to temporary hospital facilities created to help ease the burden on the nation’s healthcare system. The company is immediately responding to requests for services and installing connections within…
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