Actiontec Q1000 for Qwest Wireless N VDSL Modem Router

I bought this so I could use it with Century Link. First let me start by saying, I was very impressed with this seller and with Actiontec as a company. They were very professional and helpful. I would definitely do business with them again. The seller was very supportive of this mix-up and helped me through the return process.Now, for the description and feedback. It turns out you must first contact Qwest/Centurylink and find out if your specific service uses VDSL or not. In my case, Centurylink requires a modem with VDSL. This particular modem is compatible with Centurylink as long as Centurylink services is VDSL and this modem is NOT VDSL. I really don't understand what all the VDSL or non VDSL means. But, just know this....if YOUR centurylink service runs VDSL this will not work. If your centurylink service does not run VDSL then this should work.

This was an okay modem. My husband and I purchased it when we started having internet at home and we didn't want to pay a ridiculous amount for a router from the internet service provider. It took FOREVER to configure (and three different calls to the ISP). I work in IT and have a pretty good idea of how to setup a modem and I struggled. However, it did finally work (I honestly don't know what fixed it, so now I'm afraid to unplug it). The router was pretty beat up when we got it-- wasn't packaged super well, either. The instructions weren't incredibly helpful, but better than nothing. But for $30, I can't really complain too much.

My review title says it all. This modem is fast and furious and though used, has given us nothing less than a good performance. The only beef I have with ordering online was that our seller didn't include the power cable and we were forced to make an emergency trip to Best Buy to remedy the situation. If purchasing used remember to ask the seller if they are including the power cable and factor this additional cost into the overall price.

Moved out into the country and realized I had to downgrade from cable internet to DSL. I picked this up because I did not want to pay more ($120) for a crappier unit directly provided by CenturyLink. I hooked up this unit and I didn't have to do anything; the modem and wireless were automatically ready to go. Passcode was on the bottom of the unit. My internet is rated for 12 Mbps and I'm getting 11.5 Mbps on wireless, which is great.I have also noticed that the connection speed seems to lag when 3 or more users are on the wireless. I might be using a separate router at some point in the future.

I got this because I both needed a new DSL modem to support my new ADSL-2+ connection (which this unit sync'd to at 18-megabits/sec!) and I also wanted a router with Gigabit ports. This satisfied that purpose.It was NOT that easy to get it to forget about QWEST, I did a factory reset, and after a lot of trial and error, got DHCP (instead of PPP-OE) to work on the WAN (DSL) interface.Cons: crappy QOS options. Port forwarding: no way to define a custom port. Oh well, it's cheap.

Item arrived somewhat later than expected due to a shortage of postage put on the package by the sender. I had to pay USPS an additional $2.22 to get the package. Installation was not quite as easy as it should have been as apparently the Q1000 had been setup and used by someone previously even though the sale indicated that the box had been opened only for inspection. I had to back door the modem to reset the user name and password and reset the unit to factory default settings to get rid of the original user information. After doing that and updating the firmware it seems to be working fine. It handles my CenturyNet 12mbt DSL just fine.

Got this at a great price ($36.xx) which is about a third of what CenturyLink will charge you. Been using it for about 1.5 years and still hasn't broken down. I use in a 770 sq. ft apartment so the range seems to do fine. So definitely a worthwhile purchase.

Our old CenturyLink modem went out and we had no interest in buying another from them because the first one dropped signals all the time. Even when I was holding my netbook in front of the router it wouldn't always pick it up. This one we plugged in and it worked immediately. It covers our whole house much better than the old one. Six months later, still a good purchase!