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CenturyLink delivers at least 1.5 Mbps downstream to...

CenturyLink delivers at least 1.5 Mbps downstream to more than 94 percent of the non-rural areas it serves, said the telco ISP’s semi-annual broadband deployment report to the FCC Friday (http://bit.ly/1mQqm5w). Current through December, the report includes the percentage of…

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living units within the legacy Qwest territory to which CenturyLink, which bought that company, offers broadband services. More than 75 percent in non-rural areas CenturyLink serves have access to 5 Mbps downstream, 62 percent have access to 12 Mbps and 30 percent have access to 40 Mbps, said the telco. For rural areas, 82 percent have access to 1.5 Mbps downstream, 57 percent to 5 Mbps, 38 percent to 12 Mbps and 11 percent to 40 Mbps, it said.