New Cox speeds

[Detector]

Anyone else notice Cox seems to have turned up their Internet speed?

[lurker]

It looks like you d-l'd 12 meg in about 5 seconds!!

ISP's advertise T-1 speeds but rarely (if ever) deliver...

[Bubba]

My dslreports.com speedtest results. First one is using the flash speedtest, using linkline to LA, CA. The second one is using the java speedtest, using speakeasy to Palo Alto, CA. Looks to me like there is a big difference in the flash test and the java test.

[Zeb]

I have a question about COX internet tech's. Do they normally take a new customers old dial up modem out and keep it? I have ran across 5 people now that require a dial up to my corp proprietary network. All have had their modems taken out by cox and kept by COX. This last one I did , they just got cox and was using Pioneer dial up just before that. Cox came and took their modem, installed a network card, then used the ONBOARD network port leaving the card they installed with nothing hooked to it.

They didn't need to take their dial up modem and they didn't need to install a second network card. This customer had to go to walmart and buy another dial up modem.

Is there a pile of modems destined for ebay by a cox employee or employees? humm.

[Sherry_Giskie]

I'm just happy they finally got the phone service here so we can take advantage of the bundle.

[deuce91]

I've noticed my internet works very fast anymore thru Cox. I've been a happy customer for years. But for about the past two months, my internet cuts in and out. There seems to be a pattern to the outage. It comes on about 6 in the morning then leaves at 9 then comes back on from 3-6. Anyone else have this problem? I've called 4 times and had them come out to check, but they say it's the main line. Could that be the cause and why can't they fix it?

[Lone Gunman]

I've been having the same problem. They always want to schedule a time to come out when I'm working. I'm glad to know now that it's not just me.

[deuce91]

I'm glad there's someone else in the boat with me! That's what really ticks me off. I took off work 4 times now and it still doesn't work!

[Detector]

I used to have the same problem when I lived on 6th. Intermittent outage/drops that seemed to come and go with the wind. I found out the problem was the wind. Every time the wind blew fairly hard it was rocking my main line on the poll. It took forever, and the right cable guy, to isolate the problem and get it fixed.

Here at my new house they had to string all new line and I've not had and problems even in high wind.

[deuce91]

That's kind of funny...I live in the 6th area. However, the tech installed all new lines coming from my poll to the house and then new line in the home. But, they are coming nonetheless to "correct" it tomorrow.