#14 of 14 internet providers
CenturyLink
CenturyLink
Pick CenturyLink if you're in a rural area where CenturyLink is genuinely the only wired option.
3.8
WeakAvailability & Footprint
6.3
Price — First Year vs Real Cost
4.3
Customer Service & Trust
1.7
Speed & Technology
2.9
Contract & Fees
4.2
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Full specifications
Head-to-head findings
- Availability & Footprint
- ~37 states via legacy copper
- Price — First Year vs Real Cost
- $55/mo flat (DSL)
- Customer Service & Trust
- 1.1/5 Trustpilot, weeks-long outages
- Speed & Technology
- Real-world 5-25 Mbps on DSL
- Contract & Fees
- No data cap, no ETF
- Reliability & Real-World Speed
- 67/100 ACSI
Record
- Head-to-head record
- 0–11
- Head-to-heads won
- 0 %
- Rounds won
- 20 %