This provider's fiber broadband service reaches 25 states, but its DSL alternative -- which is even more widely available -- falls short.
By Trey Paul
Late in August, the Federal Communications Commission approved a sale to move CenturyLink service in 20 states over to Brightspeed, a new telecommunications and internet service provider. Until that transaction is finalized (expected to happen sometime in October), you can find CenturyLink service in 36 states.
CenturyLink Internet may be best known for its former Price for Life deal. But my first introduction to the company was in 2011 with CenturyLink Field, home of the NFL's Seattle Seahawks. I thought CenturyLink was a bank or maybe even an insurance company. It turns out it's one of the country's largest ISPs, available to over 49 million people across the country, according to FCC data.