CenturyLink vs Frontier: Which Is Better in 2026?

Our database lists Frontier plans up to 2 Gbps download, but we do not currently track plan-level speeds for CenturyLink in our plan database, so we cannot call a speed winner from our data alone.

Sometimes — provider footprints overlap in many markets but coverage is decided block by block, and our plan records are provider-level, not an address-level serviceability check. Enter your ZIP code on Konecteaze or run each provider's address checker to confirm which one (or both) actually serves your home.

Order the new service first and confirm an installation date before cancelling the old one, so you are never offline. On installation day, verify speeds, then cancel the old plan, return any rented equipment to avoid fees, and check your final bill for proration. If you are under contract, ask about early-termination charges before scheduling.

Displayed plan records originate in the Konecteaze provider database and are checked against current provider sources where terms change. We currently track 3 Frontier plans. Unsupported prices and speeds are withheld rather than estimated; confirm current offers at your address.

Any of the three, because both brands still sell older copper service as well as fiber. CenturyLink offers copper-based internet and lists CenturyLink Fiber only in limited areas. Frontier sells Frontier Fiber, and its FCC filings show copper alongside it, with a few states listing copper alone. So a Frontier serviceability check, like a CenturyLink one, needs to tell you which of the two services the address would get, because that settles more than the brand does. Once you know which pair you are weighing, set those two quoted tiers side by side.

In parts of the old CenturyLink territory, the local provider is now Brightspeed rather than CenturyLink. Brightspeed began operating in 2022 after funds managed by Apollo bought Lumen's local phone operations in those areas, and former CenturyLink customers there became Brightspeed customers. Like CenturyLink and Frontier, Brightspeed sells both fiber and copper service. So if a CenturyLink address check sends you to Brightspeed, Brightspeed's quote is the one to compare with Frontier's, if Frontier serves the address too, and the same fiber-or-copper question applies to it.