Embarq was a pretty good company and great cust service but ever since Centurylink took it over their reps have become robots sustaining early term fees for poor service and lying to customers to get them under contract ... once this is done then they will keep you on the phone for hours sustaining these charges .. its the most unethical company I ever had any interactions with.. they are soo very curtious and nice on the phone when you call but your bill will be way to high and your service will be the worst in america .. there reps have no authority to help at all anymore. so if you want to tie up ALOT of money for poor service and hear how there so very sorry but you owe hundreds of dollers but no one has the authority to make any decision other than make you pay it and tell you about your contracts .. the centurylink managers are greedy pigs that are ruining a great company .. good by embarq .. im going to cable .. centurylink sucks

I am very dissappointed with this company and I am unsure how they are still in business if they treat all of their customers the way they have treated us. We were with Embarq/Centurylink for a year for phone and internet service. We did not need cable because our apartment complex provided that for free. However, we then purchased a house last June and were going to go with another provider but called Embarq/Centurylink and they offered us a better deal to stay with them and get phone/internet and Dish Network for 87.90 plus taxes for 6 months plus 175 master card then it would go up to 127 plus taxes after 6 months. Then we got our first bill and I knew it would be more because of installation fees and so on but then a few months later I got a bill for like $200. I called and they proceeded to tell me that they are not sure who I talked to but the deal they told me about is impossible for them to give me and then said they could not come down to that price. Eventually they gave me another deal that was supposed to be for a year from that date and that never happened either. Our bill has never been even close to what they have promised us ever. It is always a different price every single month.

We are on a budget like most Americans and when they promise that it is going to be a certain price, that is what it should be and should not change month to month. I understand a few dollars either way for taxes but not 104 1 month and 148 the next and so on. We can cancel Centurylink but we are in a contract with Dish for the remainder of the 2 year contract so basically we are stuck. We have to call on a monthly basis and they promise us a new price and then we get a bill a few months later and it's different. Then when we call back they tell us that something went up because we only had that fo 9 months or for 3 months. They do not tell you all these things when you sign up. I have asked several times for a confirmation of sevices that we are receiving with exact prices, which we have never received. I am outraged that they conduct business this way and promise people a certain price and then later say that was impossible. We are currently looking for a new service provider for our internet and phone service because we can no longer continue doing business with people that are stealing from us!

phone failure for the who day. every time i pick up the phone, there is no ring.

We recently moved and were looking for TV/internet services. There was a billboard on the interstate right outside our town that adverstised a bundle price of $74.95 per month. When I called Centurylink to find out what was involved in that plan, the customer service representative stated that it was a TV packaged through DISH network, internet, and unlimited local and long distance home phone, and if I would like they could throw in an HBO package on the TV for 3 months. This all sounded okay to me, so I went ahead and verbally agreed to this plan. So, DISH network came and set up the TV in the time promised, however the internet and home phone was connected two days later than promised. Once it was set up we had many problems with the internet but the real problems began when the first bill arrived. The bill was for around $150, not the $75 that was quoted. When I called to dispute it, they stated that all of the extra charges were just my installation fees and that they had charged me for the free HBO. I was instructed to subtract $21.28 from my bill, so reluctantly, I sent in the payment of around $125. When the second bill arrived I was shocked again to get yet again another bill for $150. I called again and they stated that my package costs around $90 and no one would have ever quoted me such a price in the first place, that what I was subscribed to. I was charged a late fee for the $21 from the month before but this time had all 3 months credit for the HBO. I was very cordial to the customer services representatives but was getting nowhere. I just wanted my bill adjusted and I wanted the package I was quoted that I agreed to. They informed me I was already recieving the lowest price ant there was nothing they could do for me. When I explained I was not going to pay this bill in its entirety because I didn't agree with the charges I was threatened that they would turn me into collections. That's where I lost it. I have amazing credit, always pay my bills on time and have never had a bill go to collections! I then told them that I was going to have to cancel these services if they couldn't meet me in the middle somehow. I was told by a supervisor that if that would make me happy, I could just go right ahead. When I went to cancel these services, I was met with ridiculous termination fees, $100 for centurylink and $425 for DISH network. Centurylink advised me to cancel and stated that if I canceled one part of the bundle that I had to cancel the whole thing, that I couldn't keep my DISH (which now I know is not the case). I talked to everyone I could and even had a 3 way call between Centurylink and DISH...all of the sudden they are two separate companies and they keep telling me to call the other company to resolve my problems.

My chief complaint is that Centurylink misinformed me from the start and because of their actions, I am in a bad situation with DISH network. Centurylink was rude and told me to cancel my bundle and that they had the authority to handle my DISH problems, which they did not! I had already started a new service agreement with another company and now owe DISH network $425 for early cancelation. I am so frustrated with Centurylink and even after 6 hours on the phone with them/DISH, and many supervisors later, they can't resolve my problem.

I cannot believe how unprofessional their customer service is and that they won't help one of their newest customers...I can only imagine how they treat their old ones.

I signed up for DSL service, clearly indicating that I wanted wireless internet for my 1 laptop computer. It turns out that I can't get wireless internet without another computer hooked up in a corded fashion. So, I never got the wireless internet I thought I signed up for. In addition, because of the DSL connection over the phone lines, one or more of my phones had a constant "click, click, click" noise making it difficult to have phone conversations and to hear messages left on my machine. The first time I called to have someone come and check the line, the person at CenturyLink was incredibly short with me, rude and argumentative. In addition, the repair person showed up at the wrong time (four hours early) and complained that he had gotten lost for an hour and that I had not answered any of his 8 calls trying to find my home. (I could not answer the phone but I did have to deal with the incessant phone calling). He determined that the problem was the absence of filters on the lines and once installed, was sure the problem would be fixed. Needless to say, although he fixed a couple of the phones, another phone started clicking. I quickly realized that I had made a HUGE mistake in trying to get internet through CenturyLink and I decided I would cancel the internet after I had some renovations done on my apartment over the New Year. Then I would be able to take care of everything in one fell swoop. Needless to say, I now have to pay a $99 early termination fee for a service that never worked the way I was told it would (wireless). Is $99 SO important to them that they are wiling to completely alienate a customer. I plan to tell EVERYONE I know how miserable the service at CenturyLink/ EMBARQ truly is. I am totally baffled by the experience and I plan to spread the word about the treatment I have received.