A widespread outage on CenturyLink’s cloud network that lasted almost two days and hampered emergency phone service in Washington and other states was caused by a faulty network management card,… Read More
The Federal Communications Commision has initiated an investigation into a widespread CenturyLink outage that interrupted 911 service across the country Thursday night and Friday. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai called the outage… Read More
As CenturyLink’s vice president of operations for Washington, Sue Anderson bears the responsibility of maintaining the telecommunication company’s voice, internet and video services for the state. Despite her high-pressure role on the… Read More
A lawsuit against internet provider CenturyLink and AT&T-owned DirecTV alleges the companies fail to adequately protect personal customer data — to the point that it can be found through a simple… Read More
UPDATE: Comcast tweeted at 12:38 p.m. PT, saying that issues should be resolved for almost all customers. Internet issues should now be resolved for almost all customers. We apologize for… Read More
Comcast customers in Seattle, as well as other parts of Washington now have access to gigabit internet service. The company on Wednesday announced the extension of the high-speed service to… Read More
Verizon will be the latest wireless provider to pilot 5G this year. The company announced Wednesday a plan to rollout the next-generation network to select customers in 11 cities across the U.S.… Read More
Activists frustrated with their Internet service in Seattle hope that slowing down can speed up change. They’re planning a Slow Internet Walk Wednesday, from Comcast’s downtown office to City Hall to… Read More
A six-hour 911 outage that took place in April 2014 is costing CenturyLink another $2,854,750. The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission levied today’s fines, saying that CenturyLink failed to reroute emergency calls during… Read More
CenturyLink has been aggressively rolling out gigabit internet service in Seattle neighborhoods over the past year. I’ve been eagerly awaiting the service in my little corner of Queen Anne, and… Read More
Two key executives are leaving CenturyLink in a move that may show the telecom provider’s shifting attitude on the cloud. The departure of senior vice president of platform and application framework… Read More
Some CenturyLink fiber Internet customers in Seattle have been without a connection since Sunday afternoon. Several Seattle residents took to Twitter throughout Sunday and into Monday morning, expressing their frustration with… Read More
—Amazon hired Bob Bowen as head of music for the company’s Amazon Studios division. The film music veteran will oversee strategy, partnerships and licensing for original content as Amazon looks to create… Read More
CenturyLink is launching a new TV service in Seattle today, bringing about competition for existing providers like Comcast and Wave Broadband. The service, called Prism TV, is already available in 16 cities… Read More
CenturyLink’s 1 gigabit Internet service now reaches 100,000 households in Seattle, up from 60,000 it boasted previously. The company said in May it hoped to hit the milestone by the end of… Read More
Our guest on the latest GeekWire radio show was Bill Schrier, the former CTO for the City of Seattle and current state point of contact for FirstNet, a $7 billion program… Read More
Seattle councilmember Kshama Sawant wants a municipal broadband network in the Emerald City, and she’s calling on the city’s residents to join forces to make it happen. Sawant, a former software… Read More
A long-awaited study says building a municipal gigabit fiber network in Seattle would cost $480 million to $665 million — less than past projections, but still too much for the city to… Read More
Businesses in the Tacoma area now have access to CenturyLink’s gigabit Internet service. The company announced today that an additional 5,600 business locations in the South Puget Sound — Federal Way,… Read More
Karen Toering was at the Rainier Beach Public Library in Seattle one year ago when a man came to the front desk, panicked and frustrated. He was filling out a… Read More
Portlanders have a new cable TV option. CenturyLink today launched its Prism TV service, an alternative to Comcast that’s delivered not via cable or satellite but rather fiber — just like CenturyLink’s new… Read More
Without a lot of fanfare, CenturyLink is adding to its gigabit broadband Internet footprint in Seattle, introducing the service in six new neighborhoods. In an update, CenturyLink said it’s starting to expand… Read More
CenturyLink acquired another Pacific Northwest startup on Monday, swooping up the 10-person team at Orchestrate, a Portland-based company that helps developers use NoSQL databases more efficiently. The two companies already worked… Read More
The Seattle City Council on Monday unanimously approved legislation that ditches a longstanding cable franchise district system — a decision that could impact how much Seattleites pay for cable TV, what… Read More
CenturyLink is declaring its initial Seattle rollout of gigabit broadband Internet service a success, and is beginning work to expand it to five more neighborhoods. Last August, CenturyLink committed to… Read More
CenturyLink is rolling out its laser-quick Internet throughout Seattle. Announced back in August, CenturyLink’s gigabit service is now available to nearly 22,000 customers in the Ballard neighborhood and into West Seattle. Almost… Read More
CenturyLink announced today that it has acquired DataGardens, a company that offers services to help firms recover from problems that pop up in the cloud. The financial terms of the… Read More
Home-grown tech giants such as Microsoft, Amazon.com, Expedia, T-Mobile, Zillow and Tableau have deep roots in Seattle — important companies which have helped define this region’s unique tech ecosystem. But… Read More
CenturyLink’s new cloud development center in downtown Bellevue boasts all of the cool amenities of a typical high-tech office space. Mini scooters buzz around the halls, conference rooms boast quirky… Read More
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray thinks that his citizens deserve faster and cheaper Internet. His constituents probably wouldn’t mind having more choices other than the incumbents like Comcast and CenturyLink. But Seattle… Read More