Bypassed q1000k entirely
I picked up a TP-LINK Deco BE95 kit and was able to choose "centurylink" as a wan option under "advanced" and it auto filled the vlan tagging 201 for me. Since I've got copper going in and out of the q1000k (no fiber into house) i was able to completely unplug it.
Thought I'd suggest to anyone that has a q1000k and a copper line coming into it that ditching it is really easy. My pings are much more consistent now, and lower :)