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[NV] Cox speed vs competition vs cost (Cox is slow)

try using more than 5gb of data on your AT&T connection and let me how that works out for you price wise..

I pay $90/mo for 50mbps/5mbps to cox. I don't have any of the problems you mention. I would call out a tech, check signal levels, remove/replace any 'routers'.. Ranting on here without any information on your connection is pointless.

I pay $350/month to verizon for 3 phones on 4g and a 4g mifi with 10gb of data. The 4g has never out performed my cox connection.

I think I have stated myself quite clearly.

I have unlimited data with att and use however many gigs I want for $29.99

Cox cable I have the $65/month 20/2 account.......

you make some very good points

i have wondered this myself why are so many wireless networks starting to out perform our internet connections at home???

a lot of isp's across the nation have already made drastic speed increases

the only market which cox has made any changes too is the Rhode Island market where the ultimate tier has been moved from 50/5 to 100/20 and the premier tier has been up too 36/10

reply to jh20001
to OP: can tell me what's difference latency on the cox between and AT&T wireless what'd you are getting?

oh well, that's pretty high latency but if that works for you then it's great. in my case, i'm gamer and i'd cares about latency that's more important to the gamers is latency anyway.

thanks for tell me what'd difference.

reply to jh20001
Apparently AT&T throttles you after consuming between 3-5GB, so that's something to keep in mind.

reply to jh20001
It's relative to where you live.

In my area in OK, I can get Cox (currently premier for 62.99, 35 down, ~5 up), or AT&T basic DSL (3 down, 768k up) for 40 bucks. Between those two, Cox wins hands down.

reply to jh20001
AT&T LTE isn't all that it's cracked up to be. It's $30 for 3GB and if you are grandfathered unlimited at that price they traffic shape the crap out of you after 3GB bringing your connection to a crawl. My AT&T iPhone 4 and 5 was/is lucky to see 200kbps after getting throttled at 3GB. I ended up ditching it for Sprint.

So if you don't use any data, AT&T is great...want to use them and they blow goat.

For unlimited wireless I use Clear WiMax which is great in the 3 places I can find connectivity (8-13Mb true unlimited 50-60ms latency).

reply to jh20001
I know what you mean. It's kinda pathetic that my verizon wireless has twice the upload speed of my Cox Ultimate home connection.

You would expect the top tier cable connection to easily best anything wireless has to offer.

+1

reply to jh20001
It was once explained to me that DOCSIS 3.0 upstream had not lived up to its stated theoretical potential due to the unrealistic idealistic testing and standard setting at CableLabs. At the recent Cable Show, Motorola and Cisco both gave sobering presentations indicating they had given up trying to make D3 upstream work to its stated potential. The real world physical plant environments were much worse than CableLabs had tested for. The presentations basically were a prelude to the need for DOCSIS 3.1 or an even more radical DOCSIS 4.0. The other option is for HFC to be replaced by FTTH or FTTP. The HFC systems were never designed or built to do what they are being asked to do in upstream. Transitioning to an all digital cable operation has been costly for cable system operators. The analog mandate only recently expired and the final transition to all digital is going to take a few more years. The take rate for the 50/5 tier does not seem to be high enough for Cox to significantly offer the 50/10, 105/10, and 105/20 levels offered by Comcast. Cox's insistence on offering the "Starter" and "Essential" speed tiers for the prices they do is the result of little real competition in most of the markets they serve. In my area, if AT&T had utilized VDSL the way they should have, Cox would not be offering such limited tiers for such high prices.

speed upgrades for the las vegas valley are coming soon its that time of year that they usually do it

i have no idea the exact date however it must me soon

Yeah but it is also usually coupled with a price increase across multiple services

Just over three years ago I decided to get ahead of the game by swapping out my four HD/DVR boxes and digital cable outlets by going with two cable cards with Ceton tuners in a WMC center enviroment. I dropped my bill by $45 a month but now with no changes to my service Cox has crept the bill back up to where it used to be before I made the equipment cut by yearly price increases. There is no winning with this greedy company, Vegas needs a FTTH co-op badly.

fiber to the home would be amazing but with the advancements in docsis 3.1 coming in the next few years i would not expect to see any fiber to the home unless century link got bought out

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If they up my price, I promise I will drop *all* other services with Cox in exchange for it as well as vote to drop it at the office all together (I assure you, my vote won't be challenged). I am finished playing with Cox if this is how they are going to play ball. So if they increase my price, great...they will lose everything else.

yeah it seems that not only are annual speed increase present but same with annual price increases (not picking on Cox here a lot of isp's do this)

seems every year Americas internet gets slightly better but more expensive

for the prices we pay our services should be 50x better

seems google has the right idea with their google fiber project
no caps
1000mbps up
1000mbps down
tablet pc as your remote
cable boxes also wifi hot spots
low prices very low

only down side you have to pay install fee but its worth it if you ask me