CenturyLink Expands High-Speed Internet Service to Customers in Litchfield

LITCHFIELD, Minn. – As part of its ongoing commitment to its customers in Minnesota, CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE:CTL, news, filings), has expanded its high-speed Internet services to residential and business customers in Litchfield offering connection speeds up to 12 Mbps.

Earlier this year CenturyLink acquired Qwest, and the company has been busy focusing on improving and expanding broadband availability and increasing connectivity speeds to customers, especially those living in rural areas.

“Now that CenturyLink and Qwest have merged, we have stronger financial and technical resources to bring a wider variety of services and greater broadband availability to customers in Minnesota,” said Erik Genrich, CenturyLink vice president and general manager for Minnesota Outstate, which includes all areas outside of the Metro Minneapolis-St. Paul footprint. “We understand how important it is for our customers to have access to fast, affordable Internet service so CenturyLink has made broadband availability a priority.”

Residents near and around Central Park and the CenturyLink Central Office on Ramsey Ave. will see some of the fastest speeds since that is where the service is fed from; however, the speed increase will benefit many areas around Litchfield. To inquire more about the service, call 320.257.3737 or visit www.centurylink.com.

About CenturyLink

CenturyLink is the third largest telecommunications company in the United States. The company provides broadband, voice and wireless services to consumers and businesses across the country and advanced entertainment services under the CenturyLink^TM Prism^TM TV and DIRECTV brands. In addition, the company provides data, voice and managed services to business, government and wholesale customers in local, national and select international markets through its high-quality advanced fiber optic network and multiple data centers. CenturyLink also is recognized as a leader in the network services market by key technology industry analyst firms, and is a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises through Savvis, a CenturyLink company. CenturyLink’s customers range from Fortune 500 companies in some of the country’s largest cities to families living in rural America. Headquartered in Monroe, La., CenturyLink is an S&P 500 company and is included among the Fortune 500 list of America’s largest corporations. For more information, visit www.centurylink.com.