"We needed seven voice T-1s to handle all those calls, But the rest of the year the excess capacity was idle. I wanted to find a solution that would meet our seasonal needs without paying for bandwidth that wasn't being used the rest of the year."

"Qwest stood out because they were the only provider that had the fiber presence to all five of our Phoenix metro sites. The Qwest Metro Optical Ethernet (QMOE ?) circuits were a critical precursor to implementing projects that will save us thousands of dollars over the life of the contract."

"We wanted one big pipe that allowed us better security than having individual Internet sites to tie all our offices together. If we didn't switch over, I would have had a lot of disgruntled employees, frustrated that the connection wasn't fast enough."

"The Qwest MPLS service established a secure,private VPN for our banking office data traffic at an affordable price. It’s easier to manage, scales easily and significantly increases the speed with which we can fail over to our disaster recovery site."

“CenturyLink’s international expertise, experience and relationships put them above the competitors that we evaluated. They have delivered the reliability, performance and cost savings that we hoped for.”

"The integrated access is significantly more reliable than either DSL or cable modem, The web-based administration tool Q.Control has been extremely helpful for us."

"We really feel that our Qwest team members are an extension of Outback Steakhouse."

"The high value, performance, and support we get from Qwest are very important to us as an eye-care services company. Even though our individual offices are small, Qwest OneFlex Integrated Access enables us to have what I call a business-class T-1 for our data."

"The CenturyLink Metro Ethernet service was essential to implementing our EMR system and to deliver the performance our PACS users require. The service’s reliability, scalability and cost effectiveness have been extremely valuable to our company."

"The Qwest Metro Optical Ethernet service gives us the bandwidth we needed at an economical price. We saved money by using existing equipment to establish connectivity. My staff is trained on Ethernet protocols, so we don't need any special skills to maintain it, either."

“By working with CenturyLink, we’re able to provide the reliable, cutting-edge services exhibitors need to wow attendees with their demos. That motivates them to buy more booth space as well as to sign up for future events. Amazing demos have also been essential to luring attendees back year after year."

"The Qwest team successfully implemented converged voice and data services along with a modern IP phone system. We're able to match our members' technological communications capabilities while simultaneously cutting our costs by $200 per month."

"Qwest customer service is outstanding, and that influenced our choice of Qwest iQ® Networking Private Port service. Qwest service has been five-star, 10 out of 10, on every level from Qwest CSRs to corporate management."

"part of the reason why we went with Qwest is that partnership attitude and ability to formulate those different solutions around connectivity...And it was important for us to have the flexibility of using whatever technology is out there to do the connectivity."

"The Qwest Q Routing® and EZ Route solutions have been the best changes in service that weve done at the University in the past two years. Our incoming call management efficiency is up considerably, and both callers and my staff are much happier with the results."