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Evaluating 98 reviews, most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Many people found the customer service unhelpful, difficult to understand due to outsourcing, and often rude. Reviewers also expressed frustration with pricing, describing it as outrageous for the service received, and encountered issues with payment and billing, including unexpected charges. Customers frequently experienced prolonged service outages, sometimes lasting for days or weeks, often without clear resolution or proper communication. They also reported significant problems with scheduled technician appointments, including no-shows and being charged for missed visits. Additionally, some consumers were frustrated by being billed for services not received, returned equipment, or accounts that were supposedly closed.

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If I could give this company a negative rating, it would rate lower than a skunk!!!!!!! I called in a services issue for an elderly person who has severe health issues. The technician that I talked t... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Century link has become a very deceptive company. Customer service is absolutely horrible. Most of it has been outsourced offshore. I wouldn’t expect Lumen/ centurylink to remain in business using the... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

CenturyLink internet has got to be the worst option for internet, but it works if it’s your only option. Never in my life will i recommend them to anyone. My modem randomly decides it’s done for the n... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Our land line got hacked on 9,14,25. Transferred to a cell phone that could get texts. This let the scammer have a way to get into financial institutions in order to steal funds and attempt to open... See more


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I guess you get what you pay for

I guess you get what you pay for. Their pricing is good but their service is garbage and their customer service is horrendous. Glad there are other options in our area and we will be switching soon.

April 28, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst customer service and unreliable internet!

I have had several extremely frustrating experiences with CenturyLink, this is not just a one time issue. Their customer service, is without question, the worst I've ever dealt with. Representatives are consistently rude, dismissive, and seem completely uninterested in actually helping resolve problems. Every interaction feels like a battle rather than support.
The internet service itself is just as disappointing. Our connection cuts out frequently, almost every night around 10 pm, making it unreliable for anything important like work or streaming. For a paid service, this level of inconsistency is unacceptable.
I would absolutely not recommend CenturyLink. Save yourself the frustration and go with a different provider. There are far better and more reliable options out there.

April 23, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Never use

Centurylink is by far the most consistently poorly preforming internet service provider in my area. Even if the weather is slightly off, then it will massively underpreform and often go down

April 17, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I've been waiting a week - no resolution in site

I called CenturyLink on Friday because my father-in-law's internet went down. He has dementia and it comes with a lot of anxiety over his finances so he gets online and checks his accounts daily. On Friday, CenturyLink told me they would be out on Tuesday of the following week and that they would reach out Monday with a timeframe. I called on Monday after not hearing anything and they told me they didn't have a ticket for me. After some back and forth, they scheduled me for Wednesday - between 8 AM and 5 PM. They did show up around 2:30 but were unable to resolve the problem so told me they would be out the next day (Thursday). When I called to see when they would show up, they told me first that I wasn't scheduled and then that they would be here between 8-5 and that was the best timeframe they could give me. I checked again at 4:30 only to find out that they couldn't make it and I needed to reschedule for Friday (today). I've checked in 3 times today with the same result. They have now rescheduled for Monday, between 8am and 5pm I have to be at his home whenever they decide to show up as he is incapable of helping so have been working off my phone hotspot for three days. The only reason we haven't dropped them yet is the anxiety my FIL has to change. I don't typically write reviews but this has been over the top horrible service.

April 17, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

4 weeks of no service!

Our service went out 4 weeks ago at our business. It still has not been restored. They are stonewalling us with repair times, and honestly, I believe that they have completely written us off.

April 17, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Frustrated with CenturyLink finer business practice

I was satisfied with CenturyLink for several years. I had bundled phone and internet service over fiber. Things went south when CenturyLink became Lumen and decided to get out of the residential business.When therstarted seperate billing an account numbers for phone and internet service, I realized that the phone service was exorbitant. Subsequently CenturyLink sold their fiber business in my area to AT&T, which does business as Quantum fiber. Next CenturyLink sent me an offer for a service called Air-Link, which provides home phone service via wireless link to a mobile network. The price is reasonable, so I switched. Switching phone services apparently triggered not only my former fiber phone service, but also my internet fiber service disconnected. It took me towo weeks of frustrating automated phone and chat conversations to ind out what had happened. They finally told me that I had to open a new account with Quantum fiber. Instead I used the CenturyLink website to request that they discontinue internet service an request a prorated refund from the time that my internet stopped working. They confirmed. I changed to GFiber--wich has been great so far. Although, it's more expensive, but it is technically superior and customer service has been great. There are two problems: first, ittwo billing cycles later CenturyLink continues to charce my bank account large amounts. They don't offer a itemized bill so I don't know what for. The phone service is pretty bad. There is a loud buzz and nlyone person can speak at a time. Their customer service says I installed it incorrrectly.

March 10, 2026
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

CenturyLink customer for 32+ years....

I have been a CenturyLink customer for 32 years and have been billed from the 13th to the 13th each month. Recently, due to significant price increase over the past two years, I contacted them to downgrade my service. Despite calling 10 days after the billing cycle, I was charged the standard rate rather than the new package rate. Given my lengthy customer relationship and timely payments, I believe it's unfair that CenturyLink doesn't offer pro-rated adjustments like other service providers do within their billing cycles. 😔

April 2, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Do not use Centurylink

Do not use Centurylink. They have the worst customer service of any Internet provider!!! Their technician did a remote reset to resolve constant disconnects of their service and after which we had no Internet service. They said they would send a tech out but if the issue was found to be a problem with the wiring in the home, they would charge 99.00. The tech replaced the faulty modem which was their equipment. And they fraudulently billed 124.00 and wrote on the bill it was for a Jack charge when nothing was done with the jack. The tech simply replaced their faulty equipment.

November 8, 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Our home phone has been without service for over two months

Our home phone has been without service for over two months. We’ve had 4 different dates for repair and each time no one showed up and no one called us. Each time we had to go into their website to find out what their new date was for the next “no-show” repair appointment. Century Link has the worst customer care of any company we have dealt with. Why doesn’t the Washington State Utility Commission do something about this substandard company??

March 24, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Multiple billing issues with internet…

Multiple billing issues with internet service. Autopay information was lost by Centurylink and I was assed late payment fees. It's hard to speak with a real person, and when you can they are outsourced call takers. Billing is confusing and they had me setup for continued monthly billing in April after I had closed my account in February. Their actual service is amazing.. the Billing has been a problem for years. Horrible experience with Billing. Get Google Fiber or Quantum before you use Centurylink/LUMEN.

March 16, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I paid my over priced 70 dollar bills…

I paid my over priced 70 dollar bills for years with no lapse and always on time. I decided to switch because of the expense of the bill and went with starlink which is 50 a month for much faster internet. I called to cancel at the beginning of the month and sent back my modem as requested (they charge you 200 otherwise which is ridiculous). I just received a bill for the month. I tried to remedy this but instead was told that I cancelled “in the middle of the cycle and they don’t pro-rate.” So basically I’m being charged for no service all month. What a joke of a company. I wouldn’t recommend them to anyone.

March 3, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They are scam artists

They are scam artists. They confuse you with bombardment of texts and emails when you have the tech coming to install. I got it installed and it wasn't working. I called and they put in an order repair to come check the problem. They bombarded me with texts and emails to confirm my appointment. They threw in a confirmation for wire protection as well which I didn't notice. Be very careful with them. Corporate greed is rampant and they will do anything. And they make you listen to a recording instead of telling you in person what you are agreeing too. DON'T AGREE TO ANYTHING ON EMAIL OR TEXTS. Too long winded and technically and legally worded that you don't know what you are agreeing to.

January 21, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Never use CenturyLink!

Never use CenturyLink! Worst ISP ever. They lost my acct data & their customer service is non-existent. TOTAL WORTHLESS customer support! CenturyLink is totally incompetent.

March 12, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Century link sold my service

Century link sold my service. email said no action needed from me and I could call them for support. Power goes out, internet down. I call and they can no longer help but my transfer of service is nowhere to be found! The provider they said has it, is unaware. I will be without internet, I work remote, for 5 days! Thanks a lot century link for the worst customer service ever

March 13, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Complete disaster

They were supposed to fix the mess that they made in the 9th today and instead canceled my service again claiming that my payment was denied by my bank. Yet when I talked to my bank my bank says no. No payment was attempted and so they are clearly full of crap and they don't care about their customers at all. This has been a complete disaster. I'm going to go with starlink and hope for better! We use this for phone service so my 84-year-old dependent adult is now with no phone.

March 12, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If I could rate zero stars I would

If I could rate zero stars I would. terrible internet in the first place. Just awful. customer service is very poor. people are friendly but, if you need a tech for repair, good luck. I submitted a ticket at 9am and now it is 11:30 am. they tell me to call every hour and I have called 3 times to no avail. last call they finally admitted no ETA on tech.

March 10, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I’ve been a customer since 2018

I’ve been a customer since 2018. The outages and excuses are beyond acceptable by any standard. Their CSRs, I feel so sorry for them. This should not be a reflection on them, but a direct glaring light on the failure of this company and their standards. Shame on you Century Link. I cancelled service today…finally. Billed through 3/16/26, service cancelled effective 3/9/26…something else I cannot make sense of. And I have been without service since 3/7/26. If you need internet and have ANY other option, take it!!

March 8, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst Customer Service

Century Link is not capable of changing a billing address contact. After month of annoyment i decided to quit the service and change the internet provider. Cant even pay a pending bill to close the service...I tried again..of coarse that does not work either.

March 6, 2026
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