How is COX cable service?

tHE_0ne · Post by **tHE_0ne** » Wed Jun 26, 2002 3:42 am

This summer my family is moving to VA where the cable modem server is COX. How are the speeds? PLEASE let it be better than comcrap.

Whats a good cable modem to rent?

older services I had: (cant spell)
@home - comcast: Toshbla
RR: Toshbla

For Cox im thinking Motorola Surfboard or 3com

mccoffee · Post by **mccoffee** » Wed Jun 26, 2002 4:17 am

they have the best capps in ohio 3000/256 https://www.speedguide.net/forums/ ... hlight=cox

mnosteele52 · Post by **mnosteele52** » Wed Jun 26, 2002 8:19 am

I have Cox and love it, the only problems I have ever had is when they were switching to thier servers earlier this year. Other than that my speed is great (3000/256) and I have never had an outage (other than the switch over).

TeenInternetAddict · Post by **TeenInternetAddict** » Wed Jun 26, 2002 4:23 pm

I recently just coverted to Cox HSI from Roadrunner last week and I love mines. I was capped at 3000/256 now it's 3000/300. I get 2.5 to 2.9mbps download and 220 to 280kbps up no matter what time of day it is, latency is between 60 to 112ms to servers in the USA and 50 to 190ms to oversea servers. I wish I can get 3000-3500kbps download and 50 to 140ms to overseas and 50 to 90ms to USA but it'd be fixed soon as the months goes by. Here's one speed test:

2002-06-26 16:09:04 EST: 2733 / 269
Your download speed : 2733006 bps, or 2733 kbps.
A 333.6 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 269705 bps, or 269 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!

Well, I'm happy with mines, and it will get better as the months goes on because Cox in my neck of the wood is still upgrading and fixing the network, getting the bugs stamped out, and things does take time so I'm willingly to wait

But I didn't have no problems with the conversion from Roadrunner, except for outages, but no one isn't perfect and I'm having no packet loss at all. Web surfing is fast and using KaZaA Lite, MP3s downloads fast for me.

tHE_0ne · Post by **tHE_0ne** » Wed Jun 26, 2002 4:44 pm

Originally posted by mnosteele52
I have Cox and love it, the only problems I have ever had is when they were switching to thier servers earlier this year. Other than that my speed is great (3000/256) and I have never had an outage (other than the switch over).

WOOT WOOT, Williamsburg VA is the same service, Ill try not to LAG u

Amit · Post by **Amit** » Thu Jul 04, 2002 1:50 pm

I use Cox and i has great upload as well as download speeds .. go for it

NoobieTweaker · Post by **NoobieTweaker** » Thu Jul 04, 2002 2:07 pm

$$$... How much does it cost to get COX cable? I live all the way in Hawaii also

morbidpete · Post by **morbidpete** » Thu Jul 04, 2002 3:47 pm

umm. i wasnt aware that cox seviced hawaii. and i love my speed. i live in ri and tech support said that the cap was 5000/300. but whatever. ne whos. its a great compony and i didnt even lose my connection throught the changeover.(i also could have been in bed at the time. i sleep a lot) and as far as the modem. i'm using a rca dcm-245r and have no problems with it. altought dont quote me on this either. but didnt some one here have a porblem with cox recalling there surfboard cause it didnt have a mac addy or wasnt DOCSIS compliant. check out this thread
here

Amit · Post by **Amit** » Thu Jul 04, 2002 5:02 pm

If you have Cox Cable or Cox telephone its goona cost you $35/per month in Virginia if you dont have any other cox services then it will be $45/per month.

Circuit city has some great offers on Cox cable .. I got mine for only $55 including motorala cable modem with first month free

Bouncer · Post by **Bouncer** » Fri Jul 12, 2002 5:41 am

Welcome to the Hampton Roads / Williamsburg / Va Beach area.

You'll be on hr.cox.net

We're at around 1.5m/256k here. Leastways that's what I get fairly consistently. Service is pretty reliable with maybe a total of half an hour per month outage, usually late Sunday nights (3-4am).

Regards,
-Bouncer-

mnosteele52 · Post by **mnosteele52** » Fri Jul 12, 2002 5:47 am

Originally posted by Bouncer
Welcome to the Hampton Roads / Williamsburg / Va Beach area.

You'll be on hr.cox.net

We're at around 1.5m/256k here. Leastways that's what I get fairly consistently. Service is pretty reliable with maybe a total of half an hour per month outage, usually late Sunday nights (3-4am).

Regards,
-Bouncer-

Bouncer you need to tweak - hehehehe. Our caps are 3000/256 you deserve more speeeeeed.

badwhistle · Post by **badwhistle** » Fri Jul 12, 2002 10:36 pm

cox cable in my area is any where from 1789/289 to 2500/295
i have no packetloss what so ever. but i have heard the folk's up in va north have major problem's i dont know if this is correct or not.

badwhistle
peace

illestdynasty · Post by **illestdynasty** » Sat Jul 13, 2002 12:31 am

wish i had cox insted of comcast (1.5/128)