UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q/A

[X]           Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2010

or

[  ]           Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Commission File Number: 1-7784

CenturyLink, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Louisiana	72-0651161
(State or other jurisdiction of	(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)	Identification No.)

100 CenturyLink Drive, Monroe, Louisiana 71203

(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (318) 388-9000

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.         Yes [X]                No [  ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).                   Yes [X]             No [  ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See definition of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer [X]                                                                   Accelerated filer [  ]                                                        Non-accelerated filer [  ]    0;                                            Smaller reporting company [  ]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).     Yes [  ]       No [X]

As of October 29, 2010, there were 303,246,592 shares of common stock outstanding.

CenturyLink, Inc.

Explanatory Note

The purpose of this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-Q/A to CenturyLink, Inc.’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2010, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 5, 2010, is solely to furnish Exhibit 101 to the Form 10-Q in accordance with Rule 405 of Regulation S-T. Exhibit 101 consists of the following materials from CenturyLink’s Form 10-Q, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language):

101.INS                          XBRL Instance Document

101.SCH                         XBRL Taxonomy Schema

101.CAL                         XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase

101.DEF                         XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase

101.LAB                         XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase

101.PRE                         XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase

            No other changes have been made to the Form 10-Q. This Amendment No. 1 speaks as of the original filing date of the Form 10-Q, does not reflect events that may have occurred subsequent to the original filing date, and does not modify or update in any way disclosures made in the original Form 10-Q.

Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the interactive data files on Exhibit 101 hereto are deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise are not subject to liability under those sections.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	CenturyLink, Inc.
Date: November 5, 2010	/s/ Neil A. Sweasy
	Neil A. Sweasy
	Vice President and Controller
	(Principal Accounting Officer)