  SmokeyI'd rather be skiingPremium
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Wild West | Wow Surprise surprise!  | |
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 |  TheGiantNext Year Is Here.
join:2001-03-28
Augusta, GA | Re: Wow Comcast you listening? | |
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join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Re: Wow Comco$t won't hear you until you pay $$$$$.
1. $$$ installation fees
2. Cheap rates for 3 months, then $$$$
3. Increased modem rental fees
4. Bundling
Take your pick, or all of the above. | |
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|  MarkyDPremium
join:2002-08-20
Oklahoma City, OK | Surprise, indeed. The article states that users are seeing 5/512...but it appears as if the "Premier" users are getting 5/768.
My speed tests are right around 4500/500. Not bad for $40 a month.
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Richmond, KY | Re: Wow said by MarkyD:
Surprise, indeed. The article states that users are seeing 5/512...but it appears as if the "Premier" users are getting 5/768.
My speed tests are right around 4500/500. Not bad for $40 a month.
Are you talking about Powerlink Premier?? Cause that is what I have and mine has been upgraded... makes me think that COX is indeed buying adelphia when they sell. Let me know... thanx | |
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join:2003-05-20
Wild West Reviews:
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| Re: Wow Stop by the Cox forum, and take a look at the news section. You will hear right from Cox Enterprises' CEO that Cox has no interest in Adelphia. CEI now wants to focus on keeping Cox on track to go private.
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join:2004-03-04
Richmond, KY | Re: Wow hmmm.. that is strange then. Adelphia must have upgraded this weekend also.. Here is a pic of the FTP speed test that I just ran. | |
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| | | | I get speeds of 3890 Down and 492 Up!
This is a big improvement for me. | |
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join:2002-02-15
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA | Re: Wow My download seems to have stayed within the 3 mb cap...
but my upload has definitely gone beyond the original 256, to about 450 kbps...
well... upload is good anyways  | |
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|  JigsawStardust We ArePremium
join:2000-10-21
Cleveland, OH | said by Smokey:
Surprise surprise!
I had a funny feeling something was up.
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join:2002-07-22
Winterville, NC
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 ·Suddenlink
| Glad for those who got it. I'm happy for all those people who are waking up today
(or some staying up all night) and finding you can indeed
still get something for nothing in this world.
And for the rest of us, who got left behind.. Now what?
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Richmond, KY | do I have cox??? I have a question... I have adelphia powerlink premier, and I live in richmond kentucky. Sometimes in my firewall logs adelphia will scan some ports... but sometimes it is COX... powerlink premier is 4MB down, 512 up. I have heard that adelphia selling, and that in my area that Cox may be buying it... I posted a thread in the adelphia forum yesterday, or the day before asking if anyone in my area has seen speed increases... cause over the weekend mine has went up a good amt. Last night my internet went out about 12:00, and it just came back on a little while ago... I got up this morning at 7 and was still out, so it came back on between 7 and 9..
Normally on the 64MB Ftp download speed test I would get anywhere from 400-500 -- at the highest... now mine is at least 500 and has went up to 600.. which is over the 4MB level. So now that I see that COX has upgraded, I'm wondering if I fall into this catagory.... does anyone have any info??? Anyone else have powerlink and had upgrades over the last couple of days??
And those of you that are on COX, did your internet go out last night?? Mine went out FRI. AND last night..
Thanx
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Oklahoma City, OK | Re: do I have cox??? No, your Powerlink speeds have nothing to do with this. Cox has not taken over any Adelphia areas.
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Richmond, KY | Re: do I have cox??? Adelphia must have upgraded also this weekend. Cause I have NEVER got speeds this high. And it has been like this since Sat. So I hope that it stays like this. | |
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 atuarreHere come the drumsPremium
join:2004-02-14
College Station, TX | Disappointments continue... I am glad they were atleast able to use my "MAC Clique" and "redhead step child" comments. That makes me feel a little bit better. I called Cox business services and wanted a list of all busines plans for this market. I am waiting for them in the electronic mail.
I guess variances shall continue until they go private and sell the MAC areas for the infusion of capital they will need when they lose the backing of all those shareholders and have to go out and bring in private investors.
Ah and here it is. This is what they have to offer me, since I am in this awful market...and I also assure you that business plans elsewhere vary from the ones they offer here.
COX Business Services Pricing and Info
INET 256/256
$59.95 a month
Downstream limit up to 256kbps
Upstream up to 256kbps
1 static ip and dynamic ip
Additional dynamic ip $5 up to 3 additional
3 email accounts with 4 aliases
Additional email accounts $3 a month up to 3 additional
INET 768/256
$59.95 a month
Downstream limit up to 768kbps
Upstream up to 256kbps
1 static ip and dynamic ip
Additional dynamic ip $5 up to 3 additional
3 email accounts with 4 aliases
Additional email accounts $3 a month up to 3 additional
Cox Express -This is as good as it gets for resi. in MAC
$59.95 a month
Downstream limit up to 1024kbps
Upstream up to 128kbps
1 static ip and 1 dynamic ip
Additional dynamic ip $5 up to 3 additional
3 email accounts with 4 aliases
Additional email accounts $3 a month up to 3 additional
Cox Express Elite
$74.95 a month
Downstream limit up to 1024
Upstream limit up to 256kbps
5 email accounts with 4 aliases
1 static ip and 4 dynamics
Max ip’s Combo of 10 1 static and 9 dynamic up to 5 statics
Additional email accounts $3 a month
INET 1.5/256
$129.95 a month
Downstream limit up to 1.5 Meg
Upstream limit up to 256kbps
5 email accounts with 4 aliases
1 static and 4 dynamic or 5 dynamic
Combo of 16 static and dynamic ip’s
Additional dynamic ip’s $5 a month
Additional email accounts $3 a month
Additional static ip’s $15 a month
INET 384
$129.95
Downstream up to 384kpbs
Upstream up to 384kpbs
1 static and 4 dynamics
5 email accounts
Max ip’s Combo of 16 static and dynamics
Additional dynamics $5 a month
Additional statics $15 a month
Additional email accounts $3 a month
INET 1.5/384
$179.95
Downstream up to 1.5 Meg
Upstream up to 384 kbps
1 static and 12 dynamic ,or 13 dynamic ip’s
Max ip’s Combo of 16 static and dynamic ip’s
15 email accounts
Additional dynamic ip’s $5 a month
Additional static ip’s $15 a month
Additional $3 a month
PRO I
$184.95 a month
Downstream limit up to 512kbps
Upstream limit up to 512kbps
1 static ip and 12 dynamic or 13 dynamic ip’s
Additional dynamic ip $5 up to 30
15 email accounts
Additional email accounts $3 a month
PRO II
$259.95 a month
Downstream limit up to 768kbps
Upstream limit up to 768kbps
1 static ip and 12 dynamic or 13 dynamic ip’s
Additional dynamic ip $5 up to 30
15 email accounts
Additional email accounts $3 a month
PRO III
$374.95 a month
Downstream limit up to 1024kbps
Upstream limit up to 1024kbps
1 static ip and 12 dynamic or 13 dynamic ip’s
Additional dynamic ip $5 up to 30
15 email accounts
Additional email accounts $3 a month
PRO IV
$559.95 a month
Downstream limit up to 2048kbps
Upstream limit up to 2048kbps
1 static ip and 12 dynamic or 13 dynamic ip’s
Additional dynamic ip $5 up to 30
15 email accounts
Additional email accounts $3 a month
PRO V - This is my plan here...
$184.95 a month
Downstream limit up to 3072kbps
Upstream limit up to 256kbps
1 static ip and 12 dynamic or 13 dynamic ip’s
Additional dynamic ip $5 up to 30
15 email accounts
Additional email accounts $3 a month
PRO VI
$259.95 a month
Downstream limit up to 3072kbps
Upstream limit up to 384kbps
1 static ip and 12 dynamic or 13 dynamic ip’s
Additional dynamic ip $5 up to 30
15 email accounts
Additional email accounts $3 a month
PRO VII
$374.95 a month
Downstream limit up to 3072kbps
Upstream limit up to 512kbps
1 static ip and 12 dynamic or 13 dynamic ip’s
Additional dynamic ip $5 up to 30
15 email accounts
Additional email accounts $3 a month
PRO VIII
$559.95 a month
Downstream limit up to 3072kbps
Upstream limit up to 1024kbps
1 static ip and 12 dynamic or 13 dynamic ip’s
Additional dynamic ip $5 up to 30
15 email accounts
Additional email accounts $3 a month | |
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| SmokeyI'd rather be skiingPremium
join:2003-05-20
Wild West | Re: Disappointments continue... CBS has more packages then that, and different pricing guides in different markets. | |
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| | MarkyDPremium
join:2002-08-20
Oklahoma City, OK | Re: Disappointments continue... said by Smokey:
CBS has more packages then that, and different pricing guides in different markets.
Of course they do...but this is HIS market. That's the ridiculous crap they offer in HIS market. Seriously, can you HONESTLY tell me you'd be happy with the crap they put up with in MAC? I KNOW you would not be.
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| | | SmokeyI'd rather be skiingPremium
join:2003-05-20
Wild West | Re: Disappointments continue... Your right, but you also know what I would, and WOULD NOT do if I was unhappy with a service I was receiving. Mark, you don't take me for a fool, do you? | |
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join:2002-08-20
Oklahoma City, OK | Re: Disappointments continue... said by Smokey:
Your right, but you also know what I would, and WOULD NOT do if I was unhappy with a service I was receiving. Mark, you don't take me for a fool, do you?
LOL...yes, I know. Speak with your WALLET
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| | atuarreHere come the drumsPremium
join:2004-02-14
College Station, TX
1 edit | MAC area customers, the ones atleast in Louisiana, are subject to those. You either do residential, which is 59.95 for 1024/128. All residential, unless you go with their lite plan, which is 128/128.
If you want anything faster, you have to go through CBS, and in this market, SWLA on up to Central and Northern Louisiana; those are your choices.
That is it. The next step would be Cox Optical.
And no, it does not matter how unhappy I am. I require Internet access. It is not an issue that is up for debate. My choices where I live are Cox Commuications, or satellite. Bellsouth's ADSL only covers specific portions of the city, and last I heard, they stopped their buildout to work on legal issues with people who were buying the ADSL service, and then turning around and reselling the service. | |
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| | wow? With wide eyes and anticipation of my speed test results showing that long red line climbing past the 1mb barrier, 2mb, possibly even 3, I woke at dawn and ran to my computer. Like a child on Christmas morning, hoping Santa Cox would bring me the present I have been wishing for. I eagerly awaited for the computer to come on and then the speed test results.
978 down 115 up.
Still the same old slow speed for us in northwest Arkansas.
It's like getting underwear when you're 8. | |
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| MarkyDPremium
join:2002-08-20
Oklahoma City, OK | Re: wow? said by razorbackfan:
It's like getting underwear when you're 8.
LOL. Brings back memories. For my 8th birthday, my mom gave me HE-MAN UNDEROOS in front of all my friends...
I don't think I've forgiven her yet for that one 
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| | SmokeyI'd rather be skiingPremium
join:2003-05-20
Wild West | Re: wow? Admit it, you are wearing them right now aren't you.  | |
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| | | I too am from northwest arkansas and was very disappointed to wake up to nothing at all.
well i called up cox and the rep told me we are definitely getting a speed increase, but it will be in a few months closer to the end of the year. the speed increase will be for Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana first.
as far as how fast or how much the speed will increase, the rep had no idea or was not allowed to say. hopefully it will be at least comparable to what the rest of the cox nation is getting.
just dont expect anything to happen anytime soon. | |
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| |  dg2Premium
join:2004-01-22
Lowell, AR | Re: wow? That's funny - I just called and was told there are no plans for any speed increase.
AVOID COX IN MIDDLE AMERICA. THEY ARE A RIPOFF IN MIDDLE AMERICA!
As for me, I AM voting with my wallet. I'm out, and will investigate a way to drop TV too. Enough is enough.
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| | | | | Re: wow? To my Benton County neighbor...I would love to avoid Cox, but the part of Fayetteville I live in doesn't have DSL available, and I don't care for satellite (lag time). Cox is all there is. At least it's better than the 26k dialup connection I had. | |
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| | | | | | Re: wow? I too am at the very edge of the qualifying distance to the local CO for DSL, so if I did decide to go that route, then I would have a slower connection and probably packet loss like a friend of mine who is in a similar situation and signed the 1 yr contract with sbc yahoo and hates it!
We have been on the ass end of cox for the longest time. I have been waiting for an upgrade for at least five years waiting to go from 1 mbit to 1.5 mbit then to 3 mbit and now 5 mbit.
Dont know how a company can offer very different services for the same price as they offer at different locations. | |
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| | | | west texas got it already...$29.95 a month, i get 4000/512 | |
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CompRepairKsRepairin' Computers For Fun
join:2003-02-18
Topeka, KS | I am happy with my raised caps. I currently was on the 3000/256 tier and Cox upped my speeds to 5000/512 last night at 11pm CST because my modem rebooted twice. The download speed is between 4400 to 4700Kbps and 435-509Kbps up. Webpages load very fast by the time that I click on the mouse, it's because I have been used to 3000/256 since September 2001 that I don't know how it's like to have anything faster than 3000/256. Premier tier is capped at 5000/768, I'm not sure on value tier. I feel very bad for the redhead stepchildren of Cox MAC. If I lived in Cox MAC, I would move somewhere that have real broadband speeds. | |
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| MarkyDPremium
join:2002-08-20
Oklahoma City, OK | Re: I am happy with my raised caps. Funny. The premier tier is still way overpriced. The only difference is the upload, now it's 5/768, while the Preferred (half the price) is 5/512.
If Cox is going to charge 2x as much for the premier, MAKE IT 2x as fast! The premier package should be 10/1 for $80 a month.
OTOH, the Preferred package at 5/512 is a good value at $40.
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| MarkyDPremium
join:2002-08-20
Oklahoma City, OK | Re: Do they still have the monthly caps? said by Count Hogula3:
If so, what's the point of increased speed?
Yes, they do. However, I have NEVER known someone to get a nastygram from Cox for bandwidth usage.
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·RoadRunner Cable
2 edits | Re: Do they still have the monthly caps? i live in New Oleans which is on that map in the forum, do i have a speed upgrade? i cant test it now cause im at work.
Bandwith shouldnt be a problem im at 50 gigs so far this month ( typical month) and never got a "nastygram".
P.S. well bellsouth already has almost no business in New Orleans, if there really is a speed increase you might as well forget about them. | |
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COX YOU GUYS ROCK!!!!!!!!!! | |
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| | | | | Looks like you guys then are way better off that us with Comcast. You get get caps, no letters. We have no caps, and letters galore. | |
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join:2001-03-15
hiatus | said by DataRiker:
P.S. well bellsouth already has almost no business in New Orleans, if there really is a speed increase you might as well forget about them.
I'm switched to Bellsouth FROM "Cocks" Cable and have been much happier since then... Half the speed, but the service and support have been worlds better. Speed isn't eveything.
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| Hello Roadrunner wake up Wake up Roadrunner.. where is our upgrade? everyone is getting higher then us now for less.. they need to counter this with the 6000/512 for all of us and no extra cost.I was thinking of getting the higher speed when its here in Houston but they have to give it to us just to out do the others..
CAN you Hear us TWC | |
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 PlasticmanWill Work For BandwidthPremium
join:2002-09-06
Harrisville, RI | Woke Up This Morning...... When I woke up this morning to check on what is going on with the maintenance they did...... This is what I got.....
Speedtest before rebooting modem and box:
2004-08-09 05:57:18 Speed test @ www.nyc.speakeasy.net 3778/384 kbps
Speedtest after rebooting modem and box:
2004-08-09 06:13:57 Speed test @ www.nyc.speakeasy.net 4979/739 kbps
It would have been nice if they would have made the upload at least 1 MBit but I am happy with having my upload speed doubled.....
Plasticman
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| MarkyDPremium
join:2002-08-20
Oklahoma City, OK | Re: Woke Up This Morning...... said by Plasticman:
It would have been nice if they would have made the upload at least 1 MBit but I am happy with having my upload speed doubled.....
Plasticman
For what you are paying, you should be at 10/1 speeds.
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| | WTF!! I was happy with Cox until I got a warning letter telling I was uploading and downloading too much.
Are users just going to hit the ceiling faster now? | |
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| MarkyDPremium
join:2002-08-20
Oklahoma City, OK | Re: WTF!! said by Sarge_0321:
I was happy with Cox until I got a warning letter telling I was uploading and downloading too much.
Are users just going to hit the ceiling faster now?
You are the first person I've heard of getting a nastygram.
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| jsouthJsouth
join:2000-12-12
Wichita, KS | Just turn off the P2P once in a while.:D | |
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| SmokeyI'd rather be skiingPremium
join:2003-05-20
Wild West | How much did you use?? | |
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| |  xpc2600
join:2004-05-14
San Diego, CA
2 edits | NOS boost in san diego i got my boost after several speed tests to verify it. however i had a livesupport chat with cox tech support here in san diego and this is what he said:
STP - RICHARD> Thank you for providing me with these pieces of information. This is due to the maintenance work that was performed on August 8. However, it is not confirmed as of yet that it will be permanent.
and he also said that since it was due to maintenance on the system, no additional fees will occur..
my old speeds were 3000/300 and now it is 4600/500 average all for $39.99 | |
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| | great speeds keep it up cox San Diego I'm not normally on Cox, but because I'm in the area visiting a friend, I was quite impressed when I was uploading a file to my home server and was getting 57 kilobytes per second! Needless to say, I was quite impressed with this for sure. Cox at least down here in the San Diego area of Cox, they've always done pretty good. I'm in San Marcos just FYI for anyone who cares. Downstream seems to be still at 3MBPS at least for me. | |
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join:2000-12-01
Chantilly, VA | Marked improvement Read the comments on the forum and checked the speed when I got back home....consistantly getting between 3-4m downloads and about 450-500kbps uploads. No 768k uploads yet  | |
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join:2001-01-12
New Ulm, MN | Welcome to the club When I first got Cox in Oklahoma City in 1999 my speed was 4000/400. Being young and foolish, one time when I had the tech replacing the rented modem that burned up due to a lightning strike, I asked him why it was 4000 and not the 3000. He told me to enjoy which I did until I moved away last year. Now, where I live my only option is to have DSL @ 512/256 (they just gave us a speed bump from 256). I envy you all!
Glad to see others get the speed bump. | |
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| |  Upgrade? What upgrade?
*sigh* glad to hear it's working out well for some folks | |
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| | LsuTiger muhaha..
I pay 24.99/month for cox cable internet and I get 500Kbyte download and 60 kbyte upload.
*bling bling*:D
Cox has a deal if you are a LSU studen you get cable for 24.99/month and a free modem.
cox will own u:D | |
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