Embarq DSL intermittent and slow?

Oh man I've rebooted my computer a million times in the last few days, assuming the 'puter was the problem!
Location, Historic Point Washington

Intermittent - check
Slow - check
Reset several times - check
I'm at Camp Creek Lake.

I just switched to Embarq a month ago, and it has worked great up until a few days ago. I thought it was just my own supremely bad high-speed internet luck, so in a way I'm glad to hear that it's not just me... though I'm sorry to hear others are having frustrations with it too.

Looking on the bright side, yesterday I wrote a long, reasonable and thoughtful response to one of the threads in the political forum. I hit "submit" only to discover I was no longer online, and my response disappeared into the ethers... I took it as a sign that it probably wasn't as reasonable or as thoughtful as I thought (though definitely long) and didn't need to posted.

Intermittent - check
Slow - check
Reset several times - check
I'm at Camp Creek Lake.

I just switched to Embarq a month ago, and it has worked great up until a few days ago. I thought it was just my own supremely bad high-speed internet luck, so in a way I'm glad to hear that it's not just me... though I'm sorry to hear others are having frustrations with it too.

Looking on the bright side, yesterday I wrote a long, reasonable and thoughtful response to one of the threads in the political forum. I hit "submit" only to discover I was no longer online, and my response disappeared into the ethers... I took it as a sign that it probably wasn't as reasonable or as thoughtful as I thought (though definitely long) and didn't need to posted.

Repeat after me:
ctrl-a, ctrl-c, submit
ctrl-a, ctrl-c, submit
ctrl-a, ctrl-c, submit

As you know we have the radiothon tomorrow and the worldwide stream is dependent on our DSL lines. I have been going around for 4 days with Centurylink and finally got them to admit they have a problem...as far as Inlet Beach, as well. So, at least Seaside to the county line.

Repeat after me:
ctrl-a, ctrl-c, submit
ctrl-a, ctrl-c, submit
ctrl-a, ctrl-c, submit

Heheheh, thanks... I've learned my lesson.

I'm in Grayton area and haven't noticed any slow downs at all.

As you know we have the radiothon tomorrow and the worldwide stream is dependent on our DSL lines. I have been going around for 4 days with Centurylink and finally got them to admit they have a problem...as far as Inlet Beach, as well. So, at least Seaside to the county line.

Who is centrutylink?

They are the new Embarq partner/parent company.

After 4 days of having me relentlessly pursue them, Centurylink finally admitted to having, and found a problem in Ft. Walton Beach that feeds most of Okaloosa county and all of South Walton county. My audio stream is up at the radio station. Everyone pray it stays that way!

Spent a half hour or so on the phone with the tech yesterday. Inconclusive. Nice to hear it is not only me. Seems a bit better now.
Seagrove, near Seagrove Highlands.
Have to say, in about four or five years with Embarq (now CenturyLink) dsl, this is really the first significant problem I have had.

Yes, finally, this afternoon the connection is back up and running smoothly. Now I have to go apologize to my computers and the Linksys router I've been yelling at for days.

I spoke too soon... Terrible connection today

Santa Rosa Beach - Just North of 393 and 98.
So far so good this morning.

I hate to say it but I just signed up for a dsl line as a backup for my Mediacrap cable internet. When it goes out, I can't work! I figure between the two of them I should be able to have constant internet. The CenturyLink lady assured me that they no longer have outages and slowness like they did last year because of government regs that would not allow that to happen. I laughed at her, told her I was purchasing as a backup to the other service that goes out just as often as theirs and then read this thread to her as proof that they do, in fact, still have problems.

blue mountain runner i have a home in your area and also have mediacom and embarq high speed net and in 1 year never had a problem with embarq. i have the 10 meg. AR E YOU THE OLDER GENTLMEN WITH SUPER BLOND HAIR THAT RUNS ON THE BEACH DAILY ON BLUE MOUNTAIN?

Santa Rosa Beach - Just North of 393 and 98.
So far so good this morning.

I take that back. My service was in and out all yesterday afternoon at the showroom.
This morning thoughat home in Beach Hignlands, all is well.

Old Seagrove, we've had slow and spotty service lately also.

Kurt, egg on my face but I don't know what the ctrl a ctrl c submit thing is. It sounds like a handy trick I'd like to add to my bag....

Old Seagrove, we've had slow and spotty service lately also.

Kurt, egg on my face but I don't know what the ctrl a ctrl c submit thing is. It sounds like a handy trick I'd like to add to my bag....

After writing your post, with your cursor in the message box, Ctrl-A selects all text, Ctrl-C copies it to your clipboard. Then if your connection drops you can hit the back button and Ctrl-V in the box which pastes your text from the clipboard. All this can be accomplished in the menu and by right clicking selections but the keyboard shortcuts are easy.

In firefox when you hit the back button your text is usually still there also, but not guaranteed. IE may be the same now but I haven't used it in awhile.

I'm still having some troubles here at Camp Creek... mostly seems to be an intermittent signal; everything will be working fine, then it all freezes and links/new pages won't open, then a couple minutes later it is fine again. Seems to be happening several times an hour. Resetting modem & router and restarting computer doesn't help.

What's really funny is that Centurylink/Embarq is about to roll out cable service. :funn:

blue mountain runner i have a home in your area and also have mediacom and embarq high speed net and in 1 year never had a problem with embarq. i have the 10 meg. AR E YOU THE OLDER GENTLMEN WITH SUPER BLOND HAIR THAT RUNS ON THE BEACH DAILY ON BLUE MOUNTAIN?

I actually moved from Blue Mtn Beach. Had horrible Embarq service in old Pt. Washington (Mediacom was not available there). Now I'm by the 331 bridge and Mediacom is awful. I spend 2 hours a month on the phone with them and at least one day a month waiting for a tech to show up.

Definitely not your guy. I never run on the beach, I'm a chick and I reckon I'm a middle aged Egads when did that happen? The middle aged part, not the being a chick thing!

Anyone still having issues with Embarq/Centurylink? My connection in Seagrove is terrible. This has been going on for a few weeks and is the first problem I've had with Embarq in the 2 1/2 years they've been my provider.
I would hate to think I need to go back to Mediacom. They were terrible.

Anyone still having issues with Embarq/Centurylink? My connection in Seagrove is terrible. This has been going on for a few weeks and is the first problem I've had with Embarq in the 2 1/2 years they've been my provider.
I would hate to think I need to go back to Mediacom. They were terrible.

We have had a few moments of slow/just not working today, but I have to say that we have had really no significant problems with Embarq. Everyone seems to complain about Mediacom, which is not available to us, but I don't think I would switch if I could!

Anyone still having issues with Embarq/Centurylink? My connection in Seagrove is terrible. This has been going on for a few weeks and is the first problem I've had with Embarq in the 2 1/2 years they've been my provider.
I would hate to think I need to go back to Mediacom. They were terrible.

Nope - problems only lasted about 10 days and been fine since then. Unless you hear others in your area having problems you should scan your system for malware and spyware (should do that anyway). I f that doesn't do the trick maybe replace modem or check lines.

Occasionally on Sunday mornings Embarq is down briefly or slow, probably routine maintenance.

We've had slow/intermittent service with Embarq/CenturyLink since we arrived on Friday. It's very annoying! We're in Seagrove near La Botana.