Internet access provider in U.S. markets and is the third-largest telecommunications company in the United States
United States in terms of lines served, behind AT&T and Verizon.[5] It also provides long distance service.
Contents
1 History
1.1 Central Telephone and Electronics 1.2 Century Telephone Enterprises 1.3 CenturyTel 1.4 Acquisition of Embarq 1.5 Name change to CenturyLink 1.6 Acquisition of Qwest 1.7 Acquisition of Savvis 1.8 Acquisition of AppFog 1.9 Acquisition of Tier 3 1.10 Acquisition of DataGardens 1.11 Acquisition of Cognilytics 1.12 Acquisition of netAura 1.13 Acquisition of SEAL Consulting 1.14 Acquisition of Level 3
2 Services offered
2.1 Availability by state 2.2 Television
2.2.1 Television markets
2.3 Fiber
2.3.1 Gigabit Fiber markets
2.4 Data centers
3 Organizational structure 4 Naming rights and sponsorships
4.1 Venues 4.2 Sponsorships
5 Criticism and controversy 6 See also 7 References 8 External links
History[edit]
A view of the
CenturyLink
CenturyLink corporate headquarters from 2011
The earliest predecessor of
CenturyLink
CenturyLink was the Oak Ridge Telephone
Company in Oak Ridge, Louisiana, which was owned by F. E. Hogan, Sr.
In 1930, Hogan sold the company, with 75 paid subscribers, to William
Clarke and Marie Williams, for $500. They moved the switchboard to the
Williams family front parlor. In 1946, the Williams' son, Clarke McRae
Williams, received ownership of the family's telephone company as a
wedding gift.[1] In 1947, Clarke Williams learned the telephone
company in Marion,
Louisiana
Louisiana was for sale. With a loan from business
associate Joe Sydney Carter, Clarke purchased the Marion Telephone
Company and eventually made it his base of operation as he grew his
company through more acquisitions.
CenturyLink
CenturyLink still maintains offices
in the former headquarters building.[6] The company remained as a
family-operated business until it became incorporated in 1968.[1][7]
Central Telephone and Electronics[edit]
By 1967, Oak Ridge Telephone Company served three states with 10,000
access lines. That year, the company was incorporated as Central
Telephone and Electronics. Clarke M. Williams served as president and
chairman of the board.[1] Between 1972 and 1975, Clarke gradually
moved his headquarters from Marion to Monroe, Louisiana, to access the
larger employee base and to be near the airport.
Century Telephone Enterprises[edit]
Century Telephone logo
In 1971, the company was renamed as Century Telephone Enterprises,
Inc.[1][7] In 1972, Century Telephone acquired the
La Crosse
La Crosse Telephone
Corporation, of Wisconsin.[1]
On October 24, 1978, Century Telephone moved to the New York Stock
Exchange for the first time and began to trade under the ticker symbol
CTL.[1]
Century Telephone performed well during the long bear market of the
1970s, as its stock rose over fourfold. The company provided telephone
service in parts of 14 states by that time.[8]
In 1981, Century Telephone acquired
War Telephone in West
Virginia.[citation needed]
In 1982, Century Telephone's earnings peaked at $14 million, then
declined in 1983 following the early 1980s recession, and finally
began to recover in 1984. However, the 1983 decline led to a loss of
half the value of the company's stock in 1984.[8]
In 1985, both earnings and the stock price had recovered to new record
highs. But by then, the company had accumulated $206 million in
long-term debt.[8] Century Telephone sold the operations of War
Telephone and two other companies to Colonial Telephone for $4.66
million.[9]
In 1987, the stock price nearly doubled from its low that year, and
from its old 1982 record high, before falling back by a third in the
1987 stock market crash. Earnings had steadily grown each year from
their 1983 low, and by 1987 reached nearly US$20 million.[8]
In 1989, Century Telephone Enterprises acquired Universal Telephone,
Inc. for US$90 million in cash.[1] During the late 1980s the company
began a long trend in which it performed extremely well. The stock
split three-for-two twice in this period, as earnings steadily grew,
through the 1990-1991 recession, and by year-end 1991, they reached
nearly US$40 million, double from what they had been in 1987.[8]
In 1992, Century Telephone acquired
Central Telephone Company of Ohio,
a
Centel
Centel subsidiary, for $135 million. The acquisition served more
than 65,000 access lines, and added 20% to Century's access line
total. Also that year Glen F. Post III became Chief Executive Officer
and, named Vice
Chairman
Chairman of the Board of Century Telephone.[1]
In 1993, Century Telephone revenues were over $425 million, up from
about $350 million in 1992. 1993 earnings were nearly $80 million, up
from about $70 million in 1992, excluding a nearly $16 million charge
in 1992 due to the cumulative effect from an accounting change that
year.[8][10] Also in 1993 the company split its stock three-for-two
yet again. However, by that time, the company had accumulated nearly
$520 million in long-term debt.[8]
By 1995, Century Telephone Enterprises had been added to the S&P
MidCap 400 index. Earnings had continued their steady growth trend
through the 1994 economic soft landing, and by 1995 they reached over
US$115 million. But the long-term debt continued to grow as well,
reaching US$623 million that year.[8]
In 1997, Century Telephone acquired Delta Security Alarm Co., Inc. of
Monroe, Louisiana, and its largest acquisition up until that time,
Pacific Telecom, doubling its size with 660,000 additional telephone
access lines in 12 states.[1] Pacific Telecom, Inc., would continue
existence and was renamed CenturyTel of the Northwest, Inc.
In 1998, Century Telephone split its stock three-for-two once again.
The company acquired another
Monroe, Louisiana
Monroe, Louisiana security company,
Century Protection Systems, and also acquired 89,000 access lines and
19 exchanges in 21 northern
Wisconsin
Wisconsin communities from Ameritech. The
affected customers had formerly been served by
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Bell.
Ameritech's directory publishing operations serving those customers
were also acquired.[11]
CenturyTel[edit]
Former CenturyTel logo used by the company prior to becoming CenturyLink
CenturyTel office, Ann Arbor, Michigan
In 1999, the company was renamed as CenturyTel, Inc.[12] It split its
stock three-for-two once more, and was added to the Standard &
Poor's 500 Index that year.[1]
In 2000, CenturyTel acquired 230,500
GTE
GTE lines in Arkansas, and also
bought 127,000
GTE
GTE lines in
Missouri
Missouri in partnership with Spectra
Communications.[13][14] In Wisconsin, it acquired 133,000 additional
lines, and 70,500 access lines for US$195 million from Verizon. That
year CenturyTel also bought 62,650 lines for US$170 million in
partnership with Telephone USA of Wisconsin, LLC.[15]
In 2001, CenturyTel acquired CSW Net, Inc. of Russellville, Arkansas,
and fended off a hostile take-over attempt by ALLTEL, Inc.[16][17]
In 2002, the son of the company's original founder and
Chairman
Chairman of the
Board Clarke M. Williams died. He was succeeded by then Vice Chairman
Glen F. Post III. The company sold its wireless business to ALLTEL, to
become a pure-play rural local exchange carrier. Also that year
CenturyTel acquired 300,000
Verizon
Verizon access lines in Alabama, and
354,000
Verizon
Verizon access lines in Missouri, bringing its total
operations to 22 states with 2.5 million access lines.[18]
In 2003, CenturyTel acquired half ownership of SkyComm International,
Inc. in Houston, Texas, in March, to form a satellite teleport for its
global Network Access Point (NAP) system. In June, CenturyTel also
acquired the fiber network of Digital Teleport, Inc., a 5,700-mile
(9,200 km) route running from
Illinois
Illinois to Texas, and adjoining
states.[19] CenturyTel renamed the network company LightCore.[20]
Closing out the year, in December CenturyTel acquired the Midwest
Fiber Optic Network (MFON) from Level 3 Communications, Inc. in
December, a stand-alone system in the same core central states as
LightCore.[1]
In August 2004, it partnered with
EchoStar Communications
EchoStar Communications Corporation
for
DISH Network
DISH Network multi-channel digital TV.[21] In September,
CenturyTel began a relationship with Cingular Wireless.[22]
In 2005, CenturyTel began a wireless voice and data service, and
bought a number of fiber networks in the central United States, from
KMC Telecom Holdings, Inc.[23]
In 2006, CenturyTel sold its
Arizona
Arizona assets to Hopi
Telecommunications, Inc., bringing total operations to 23 states.[1]
In May 2007, CenturyTel acquired Madison River Communications, based
out of Mebane, NC and parent company to four LECs (AL, GA, IL, and NC)
as well as CLEC operations in IL, LA, and NC. The LECs included Mebtel
Communications, a telephone company serving Alamance County, North
Carolina;[24][25] GulfTel Communications, based out of Foley, AL and
serving Baldwin and surrounding counties;[26][27] Coastal
Communications, based out of Hinesville, GA; and Gallatin River
Communications, serving the Dixon, Galesburg, and Pekin areas of IL.
In late 2007, the Customer Respect Group, an international research
and consulting firm that focuses on how corporations treat their
online customers, ranked CenturyTel the best among six leading
communications providers.
Acquisition of Embarq[edit]
CenturyLink's combined coverage following
Embarq
Embarq acquisition. Dark
fiber and lit fiber assets are shown
On October 27, 2008,
Embarq
Embarq announced that it would be acquired by
CenturyTel, Inc. in an all-stock transaction valued at about $6
billion.[28][29] CenturyTel's
CEO
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CEO
Glen Post would remain
CEO
CEO of the
merged company following the acquisition,[30] and remained
CEO
CEO as of
2015.[31]
Embarq
Embarq was the former landline business of Sprint and served
cities in 18 states, including Nevada, Florida,
North Carolina
North Carolina and
Ohio.[32] The deal made CenturyTel the third-largest landline phone
provider in
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania behind
Verizon
Verizon (through both Verizon
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania and
Verizon
Verizon North) and Comcast.
Name change to CenturyLink[edit]
On June 2, 2009, a press release announced that the combined
CenturyTel/
Embarq
Embarq entity would be called CenturyLink.[33] Denver-based
Monigle Associates was retained to formulate the new brand strategy.
The acquisition was completed on July 1, 2009.[34]
On October 19, 2009, CenturyTel and
Embarq
Embarq brandings were retired, and
all business was officially conducted under the
CenturyLink
CenturyLink banner,
continuing to trade on the NYSE under the CenturyTel stock ticker CTL.
The new corporate name, CenturyLink, Inc., did not become official
until May 2010.[35][29]
Acquisition of Qwest[edit]
Network map of combined
Qwest
Qwest and
CenturyLink
CenturyLink assets
On April 22, 2010,
CenturyLink
CenturyLink (at this point still legally known as
CenturyTel, Inc.) announced it would acquire
Qwest
Qwest in a
stock-for-stock transaction.[36] Under the agreement, CenturyLink
would swap 0.1664 of its shares for each share of Qwest; as a result,
CenturyLink
CenturyLink shareholders prior to the merger wound up with 50.5% share
of ownership in the combined company, while former
Qwest
Qwest shareholders
gained the remaining 49.5%.[37] The valuation of CenturyLink's
purchase was $12 billion.[28] The merger was completed on April 1,
2011.[38][39]
The addition of
Qwest
Qwest allowed
CenturyLink
CenturyLink to become the third largest
telecommunications company in the United States, and the largest
landline phone provider in the state of Colorado.[31] The new company
has 17 million access lines, 5 million broadband customers, and 1.4
million video subscribers across 37 states.[40] The merger also made
CenturyLink
CenturyLink owner of one of the so-called Baby Bells:
Qwest
Qwest included
what was once US West, the Baby Bell for much of the western United
States.
Acquisition of Savvis[edit]
On July 15, 2011,[32]
CenturyLink
CenturyLink acquired Savvis, Inc., a global
provider of cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for $2
billion, which represented all outstanding shares of
Savvis
Savvis common
stock at $40 per share.[28][41] This acquisition allowed CenturyLink
to provide expanded managed hosting and cloud services.[42]
On December 4, 2012,[43]
CenturyLink
CenturyLink launched an integrated suite of
cloud services called savvisdirect.[44] Savvisdirect was an expansion
of CenturyLink’s portfolio of
Savvis
Savvis cloud services and includes
cloud application hosting,[45] cloud servers,[46] cloud storage,[47]
and private cloud[48] for small businesses, IT admins and developers.
CenturyLink
CenturyLink later shuttered the savvisdirect subsidiary, consolidating
their cloud service offerings internally.
On October 16, 2012
Savvis
Savvis acquired to ITO Business Division of Ciber
thereby adding managed services to the portfolio.
Acquisition of AppFog[edit]
On June 14, 2013,
CenturyLink
CenturyLink announced the acquisition of AppFog, a
Portland-based
Platform as a Service used by over 100,000 developers
to automate the deployment of software on public clouds such as Amazon
Web Services and OpenStack.[49]
Acquisition of Tier 3[edit]
On November 19, 2013,
CenturyLink
CenturyLink announced the acquisition of Tier 3,
a Seattle-based infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform, and
advanced cloud management company[50] based on Cloud Foundry.[51]
Acquisition of DataGardens[edit]
On December 8, 2014,
CenturyLink
CenturyLink announced the acquisition of
DataGardens, Inc., a Disaster Recovery as-a-Service (DRaaS) provider
based in Edmondton, Alberta, Canada.[52]
Acquisition of Cognilytics[edit]
On December 11, 2014,
CenturyLink
CenturyLink announced the acquisition of
Cognilytics, a predictive analytics and big data solution
provider.[53]
Acquisition of netAura[edit]
On March 30, 2016,
CenturyLink
CenturyLink announced the acquisition of netAura, a
security services company that focuses on cybersecurity, security
information and event management (SIEM), analytics and vulnerability
management.[54]
Acquisition of SEAL Consulting[edit]
On January 9, 2017,
CenturyLink
CenturyLink announced the acquisition of Edison,
New Jersey-based SEAL Consulting, a leading SAP solutions provider.
This expanded CenturyLink’s existing integrated SAP capabilities of
hosting and managed services to include integration and software
implementation. [55]
Acquisition of Level 3[edit]
On October 31, 2016,
CenturyLink
CenturyLink announced its intent to acquire Level
3 Communications in a deal valued at around $25 billion.[56]. After
securing the necessary regulatory approvals,
CenturyLink
CenturyLink closed the
transaction on November 1, 2017.[57]
Services offered[edit]
CenturyLink
CenturyLink offices in Salt Lake City, Utah
CenturyLink
CenturyLink offers voice and data communications, as well as
television and home security services.[58] CenturyLink's local and
long distance voice communications is POTS. CenturyLink's data
communication is through DSL, Metro Ethernet, MPLS, ATM, and Frame
Relay over fiber optics and copper
DS-3 and T-1 lines. The company
also offers bundling with
Verizon
Verizon Wireless.[59]
Availability by state[edit]
CenturyLink
CenturyLink Availability Map by Zip Code
State Percentage of State's Population With Access to CenturyLink[60]
Colorado 91.8%
Utah 86.9%
Arizona 82.8%
New Mexico 75.7%
Wyoming 72%
Montana 69.6%
Nevada 68.5%
Washington 68.3%
Idaho 68.0%
Oregon 66.0%
Iowa 59.0%
South Dakota 54.7%
North Dakota 48.7%
Nebraska 47.1%
North Carolina 30.6%
Missouri 20.6%
Arkansas 20.4%
Florida 19.2%
Wisconsin 13.8%
Alabama 13.2%
Ohio 11.4%
Television[edit]
Main article: Prism TV
CenturyLink
CenturyLink offers a fiber-optic based
IPTV
IPTV service named
Prism TV in
select markets.[61] In areas where
Prism TV is not available,
CenturyLink
CenturyLink partners with DirecTV.
CenturyLink
CenturyLink formerly offered Dish
Network bundles to their customers,[62] a remnant from the company's
days before its acquisition of Qwest. In May 2014, CenturyLink
reported that it had nearly 200,000
Prism TV subscribers.[63]
Television markets[edit]
State Cities
Arizona Phoenix, Mesa, Scottsdale, Chandler, Queen Creek, San Tan Valley, Maricopa, and Gilbert[64]
Colorado
Denver,[65]
Colorado
Colorado Springs,[66] and Highlands Ranch[67]
Florida Fort Myers, Orlando, Tallahassee, central and southwest Florida[68]
Iowa Council Bluffs [69]
Missouri Columbia, Jefferson City[70]
Nebraska Omaha[71]
Nevada Las Vegas[72]
North Carolina Fayetteville, Wake Forest, and central North Carolina[73]
Oregon Portland[74]
Washington Seattle[75]
Wisconsin
La Crosse
La Crosse [76]
Fiber[edit]
CenturyLink
CenturyLink Fiber is a fiber to the premises service in the United
States, providing broadband
Internet
Internet and
Prism TV to a small and very
slowly growing number of locations. The service was first introduced
to Omaha, Nebraska,[77] and next rolled out to Las Vegas, Nevada,[78]
with plans for expansion to several other markets.[79] Unlike the
company's existing high speed
Internet
Internet deployments, which utilize
fiber-to the node/neighborhood to increase the speed of ADSL2+ speeds
up to 20/2 Mbit/s, Vectored VDSL2+ speeds up to 140/10Mbit/s,[80] in
these markets
CenturyLink
CenturyLink now installs their fiber optic cable all the
way to the home or business with speeds up to 1,000 Mbit/s download
and 1,000 Mbit/s upload[81] using Calix Optical Network Terminals.[82]
On Feb. 2, 2014,
CenturyLink
CenturyLink announced the availability of Gigabit
fiber service to multi-tenant businesses in
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City and
surrounding communities.[83] On Aug. 5, 2014,
CenturyLink
CenturyLink announced
the expansion of its gigabit fiber service to 16 additional
markets.[84] On Sep, 15, 2015,
CenturyLink
CenturyLink announced the expansion of
its gigabit fiber service to residential and business customers in six
additional states, increasing the company's service coverage to select
areas of 17 states.[85]
Gigabit Fiber markets[edit]
State Cities Availability
Arizona Anthem, Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, Peoria, Phoenix, Queen Creek, Scottsdale, Sun City, Surprise Residences and Businesses[86]
Arizona Tucson Businesses
Colorado
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Residences and Businesses
Colorado Denver Residences and Businesses
Florida Orlando Residences and Businesses
Iowa Ankeny, Des Moines*, Clive*, Urbandale* Residence and Businesses
Minnesota Minneapolis, St. Paul Residences and Businesses
Missouri Columbia, Jefferson City Residences and Businesses
Nebraska Omaha Residences and Businesses
Nevada Las Vegas Residences and Businesses
New Mexico Albuquerque Businesses
North Carolina Angier, Clayton, Fuquay-Varina, Hillsborough**, Mebane**, Pittsboro, Roxboro**, Smithfield, Wake Forest Residences and Businesses[87]
Oregon Portland Residences and Businesses
South Dakota Sioux Falls Businesses
Utah Salt Lake City, Draper, Midvale, Sandy, South Jordan, West Jordan, Cottonwood Heights Multi-tenant Business Buildings[88]
Utah Salt Lake City, Bountiful[89] Residences and Businesses
Washington Seattle Residences and Businesses
Washington Spokane Businesses
Wisconsin La Crosse Residences and Businesses [90]
*Though not being advertised there are some people reporting fiber to
the home in parts of Des Moines and surrounding metro, it is unknown
when this upgrade will be marketed more widely or how many locations
have direct FTTH.
** Citizens of these communities dispute this data.
CenturyLink
CenturyLink has
provided fiber backbone to some areas, but most customers in these
areas are not even served with basic broadband. The local broadband
committee was unable to find any residential houses with fiber to the
house. Centurylink continues to partner with Direct TV to bundle
services, which could indicate a lack of faith in their own PRISM TV
service. This, coupled with their delayed release of PRISM and its
extremely slow growth casts Centurylink's foray into TV distribution
as a failed experiment.
Data centers[edit]
On May 2, 2017 CenturyLink, Inc. completed the previously announced
sale of its data centers and colocation business to funds advised by
BC Partners, in a consortium including Medina Capital Advisors and
Longview
Asset
Asset Management. The deal was worth approximately $1.86
billion with
CenturyLink
CenturyLink retaining an approximately 10% equity stake
in the consortium's newly formed global secure infrastructure company,
Cyxtera Technologies.
Organizational structure[edit]
The combined company's 37-state service area is organized into five
regions and led by region presidents.[91] The region presidents are
responsible for revenue, customer retention, customer satisfaction,
and service delivery throughout their local markets.[92] The regions,
region presidents, region headquarters locations, and states within
each region are:
Region President Headquarters States
Eastern Region Kevin McCarter Apopka, FL Alabama, Florida. Georgia, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
Midwest Region Duane Ring Minneapolis Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin
Central Region
Denver Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas
Northwest Region Brian Stading Seattle Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
Southwest Region Terry Beeler Phoenix Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah
Naming rights and sponsorships[edit] Venues[edit]
CenturyLink Arena Boise
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CenturyLink Arena Boise – Boise,
Idaho
Idaho (formerly Bank of America
Centre and
Qwest
Qwest Arena)
CenturyLink
CenturyLink Center – Bossier City,
Louisiana
Louisiana (formerly Bossier City
Arena and CenturyTel Center)
CenturyLink
CenturyLink Center
Omaha
Omaha – Omaha,
Nebraska
Nebraska (formerly
Qwest
Qwest Center)
CenturyLink Field
CenturyLink Field – Seattle, Washington (formerly
Qwest
Qwest Field)
CenturyLink
CenturyLink Sports Complex and
Hammond Stadium
Hammond Stadium - Fort Myers, Florida
(Spring Training for
Minnesota
Minnesota Twins)
Sponsorships[edit]
Denver
Denver Broncos[93]
Colorado
Colorado College Tigers[93]
Orlando
Orlando Magic[93]
Creighton Bluejays[93]
Idaho
Idaho Steelheads[93]
Minnesota
Minnesota Twins[93]
National Western Stock Show and Rodeo[93]
Phoenix Mercury[93]
Phoenix Suns[93]
Seattle
Seattle Seahawks[93]
Utah
Utah Jazz[93]
Broadmoor World Arena[93]
New Mexico
New Mexico State Aggies[93]
New Mexico
New Mexico Mustangs[93]
Criticism and controversy[edit]
The
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission ordered
CenturyLink
CenturyLink to pay a
record $16 million for failing to alert authorities of a preventable
programming error that left nearly 11 million people in seven states
without access to emergency services for six hours in 2014.[94][95]
See also[edit]
List of
United States
United States telephone companies
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CenturyLink Partners With DIRECTV". 2010-08-05. Retrieved
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CenturyLink
CenturyLink Reports Strong First Quarter 2014 Results".
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CenturyLink
CenturyLink rolling out
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CenturyLink
CenturyLink receives franchise approval to expand
Prism TV service into metro Denver".
^ "
CenturyLink
CenturyLink starts offering its
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CenturyLink Offers New Functionality to
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CenturyLink
CenturyLink launches Prism™ TV in Portland".
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CenturyLink
CenturyLink takes on
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Comcast in
Seattle
Seattle with rival Prism TV". The
Seattle
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CenturyLink
CenturyLink Beefs Up
Prism TV App Lineup".
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CenturyLink
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Internet
Internet service in
Omaha, Vegas; roll it out in 14 other cities". Omaha.com. 2014-08-05.
Retrieved 2016-01-30.
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CenturyLink
CenturyLink expands its gigabit service to 16 cities,
delivering broadband speeds up to 1 gigabit per second".
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CenturyLink
CenturyLink positioned as an industry leader in
residential gigabit deployment".
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CenturyLink
CenturyLink brings residential gigabit service to
select areas of Phoenix metro, delivering fiber-enabled broadband
speeds up to 1 gigabit".
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CenturyLink
CenturyLink brings residential gigabit service to
select areas of the Triangle, delivering fiber-enabled broadband
speeds up to 1 gigabit".
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CenturyLink expands gigabit service to La Crosse,
delivering fiber-enabled broadband speeds up to 1 gigabit per
second".
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