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I have only been a Cox customer for a couple months but I must say I am not the least bit impressed. I have seen where people are complaining about getting speeds in the low to mid 20s.... that would be a god send for me! I have run both the Cox speed test and 2 other independent speed checkers and both with roughly the same results. Here are the Cox results:
| Start | CoxNet | Download Speed | Upload Speed | Latency | Your IP Address | Cox Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri Jul 12 01:28 AM | Yes | 2 Mbps | 0 Mbps | 45 millisec | 68.3.156.153 | Phoenix |
| Fri Jul 12 01:25 AM | Yes | 4 Mbps | 0 Mbps | 50 millisec | 68.3.156.153 | Phoenix |
| Fri Jul 12 01:16 AM | Yes | 0 Mbps | 0 Mbps | 27 millisec | 68.3.156.153 | Phoenix |
| Fri Jul 12 01:11 AM | Yes | 1 Mbps | 0 Mbps | 52 millisec | 68.3.156.153 | Phoenix |
| Fri Jul 12 01:08 AM | Yes | 0 Mbps | 0 Mbps | 68 millisec | 68.3.156.153 | Phoenix |
| Wed Jul 10 07:38 AM | Yes | 17 Mbps | 17 Mbps | 30 millisec | 68.3.156.153 | Phoenix |
| Wed Jul 10 12:42 AM | Yes | 0 Mbps | 0 Mbps | 43 millisec | 68.3.156.153 | Phoenix |
| Wed Jul 10 12:42 AM | Yes | 2 Mbps | 0 Mbps | 53 millisec | 68.3.156.153 | Phoenix |
| Wed Jul 10 12:42 AM | Yes | 0 Mbps | 0 Mbps | 0 millisec | 68.3.156.153 | Phoenix |
| Wed Jul 10 12:40 AM | Yes | 0 Mbps | 0 Mbps | 0 millisec | 68.3.156.153 | Phoenix |
| Wed Jul 10 12:40 AM | Yes | 4 Mbps | 0 Mbps | 28 millisec | 68.3.156.153 | Phoenix |
| Wed Jul 10 12:40 AM | Yes | 5 Mbps | 0 Mbps | 28 millisec | 68.3.156.153 | Phoenix |
| Wed Jul 10 12:32 AM | Yes | 1 Mbps | 0 Mbps | 42 millisec | 68.3.156.153 | Phoenix |
| Wed Jul 10 12:30 AM | Yes | 0 Mbps | 0 Mbps | 42 millisec | 68.3.156.153 | Phoenix |
and these are the results from one of the other
Date ![]() | IP Address | Server | Distance | Share | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/10/2013 1:22 AM MST | 68.3.156.153 | 4.15 Mb/s | 13.97 Mb/s | 39 ms | Scottsdale, AZ | < 50 mi | Share | ||
| 5/10/2013 1:43 AM MST | 68.3.156.153 | 8.63 Mb/s | 14.93 Mb/s | 34 ms | Tucson, AZ | ~ 100 mi | Share | ||
| 5/10/2013 1:47 AM MST | 68.3.156.153 | 2.45 Mb/s | 15.85 Mb/s | 47 ms | Phoenix, AZ | ~ 50 mi | Share | ||
| 5/10/2013 5:32 AM MST | 68.3.156.153 | 16.70 Mb/s | 14.76 Mb/s | 35 ms | Tucson, AZ | ~ 100 mi | Share | ||
| 5/10/2013 5:36 AM MST | 68.3.156.153 | 15.29 Mb/s | 14.48 Mb/s | 42 ms | Scottsdale, AZ | < 50 mi | Share | ||
| 5/10/2013 5:36 AM MST | 68.3.156.153 | 8.57 Mb/s | 14.60 Mb/s | 39 ms | Scottsdale, AZ | < 50 mi | Share | ||
| 5/10/2013 5:37 AM MST | 68.3.156.153 | 3.09 Mb/s | 15.79 Mb/s | 47 ms | Phoenix, AZ | ~ 50 mi | Share | ||
| 5/10/2013 5:38 AM MST | 68.3.156.153 | 7.00 Mb/s | 15.80 Mb/s | 47 ms | Phoenix, AZ | ~ 50 mi | Share | ||
| 5/10/2013 5:38 AM MST | 68.3.156.153 | 8.84 Mb/s | 14.22 Mb/s | 37 ms | Scottsdale, AZ | < 50 mi | Share | ||
| 5/10/2013 5:39 AM MST | 68.3.156.153 | 3.22 Mb/s | 15.38 Mb/s | 45 ms | Phoenix, AZ | ~ 50 mi | Share | ||
| 5/10/2013 11:30 PM MST | 68.3.156.153 | 24.75 Mb/s | 12.58 Mb/s | 50 ms | Phoenix, AZ | ~ 50 mi | Share | ||
| 5/12/2013 2:12 AM MST | 68.3.156.153 | 2.26 Mb/s | 14.96 Mb/s | 39 ms | Scottsdale, AZ | < 50 mi | Share | ||
| 5/12/2013 2:37 AM MST | 68.3.156.153 | 9.14 Mb/s | 15.14 Mb/s | 30 ms | Tucson, AZ | ~ 100 mi | Share | ||
| 5/12/2013 2:40 AM MST | 68.3.156.153 | 10.54 Mb/s | 14.83 Mb/s | 33 ms | Tucson, AZ | ~ 100 mi | Share | ||
| 5/12/2013 2:49 AM MST | 68.3.156.153 | 10.07 Mb/s | 14.59 Mb/s | 30 ms | Tucson, AZ | ~ 100 mi | Share | ||
| 5/14/2013 5:48 PM MST | 68.3.156.153 | 16.07 Mb/s | 14.61 Mb/s | 36 ms | Scottsdale, AZ | < 50 mi | Share | ||
| 5/14/2013 5:48 PM MST | 68.3.156.153 | 13.29 Mb/s | 14.57 Mb/s | 39 ms | Scottsdale, AZ | < 50 mi | Share | ||
| 5/15/2013 4:45 AM MST | 68.3.156.153 | 13.29 Mb/s | 14.80 Mb/s | 33 ms | Tucson, AZ | ~ 100 mi | Share | ||
| 5/16/2013 9:56 PM MST | 72.222.172.153 | 1.87 Mb/s | 6.97 Mb/s | 26 ms | Tucson, AZ | ~ 100 mi | Share | ||
| 5/16/2013 9:58 PM MST | 68.3.156.153 | 10.94 Mb/s | 11.75 Mb/s | 25 ms | Tucson, AZ | ~ 100 mi | Share | ||
| 5/18/2013 10:55 PM MST | 68.3.156.153 | 2.07 Mb/s | 14.16 Mb/s | 36 ms | Scottsdale, AZ | < 50 mi | Share | ||
| 5/18/2013 10:56 PM MST | 68.3.156.153 | 4.36 Mb/s | 14.21 Mb/s | 38 ms | Scottsdale, AZ | < 50 mi | Share | ||
| 5/18/2013 11:28 PM MST | 68.3.156.153 | 1.90 Mb/s | 14.40 Mb/s | 38 ms | Scottsdale, AZ | < 50 mi | Share | ||
| 5/18/2013 11:31 PM MST | 68.3.156.153 | 1.70 Mb/s | 13.30 Mb/s | 36 ms | Scottsdale, AZ | < 50 mi | Share | ||
| 5/19/2013 8:27 AM MST | 68.3.156.153 | 6.02 Mb/s | 14.82 Mb/s | 31 ms | Tucson, AZ | ~ 100 mi | Share | ||
| 5/19/2013 8:28 AM MST | 68.3.156.153 | 5.12 Mb/s | 14.48 Mb/s | 16 ms | Tucson, AZ | ~ 100 mi | Share | ||
| 5/19/2013 8:29 AM MST | 68.3.156.153 | 5.61 Mb/s | 8.99 Mb/s | 34 ms | Tucson, AZ | ~ 100 mi | Share | ||
| 5/20/2013 8:47 AM MST | 68.3.156.153 | 3.20 Mb/s | 14.20 Mb/s | 33 ms | Tucson, AZ | ~ 100 mi | Share | ||
| 5/20/2013 8:48 AM MST | 68.3.156.153 | 9.15 Mb/s | 14.51 Mb/s | 29 ms | Tucson, AZ | ~ 100 mi | Share | ||
| 5/21/2013 1:31 PM MST | 72.222.172.153 | 1.71 Mb/s | 7.68 Mb/s | 34 ms | Tucson, AZ | ~ 100 mi | Share |
As you can see... a majority of the time I am in the single digits. Are you kidding me? I have contacted customer service and got the usual schpeal. 1. I have tried this on my laptop as well as my desk top... same results. 2. I have plugged in to the hard line and not just the wireless router... same results 3. I sit less than 10 unobstructed feet from my wireless router... so not that. 3. I have ran virus/spyware on both computers and it didn't help. In the interest of saving time... I tried everything and nothing helped. The only thing that I haven't done as yet was to have someone come out and check the lines etc but basically I haven't because I don't have a maintenance plan and they couldn't even begin to give me any sort of pricing for how much having someone come out would be. I can't afford if someone comes out and it is some extraordinary amount. I have seen some people saying something about a code but that was never offered or mentioned in all of my calls to support. I had Cox install and set up my network and I have only been a customer for 4 months so I don't think it is a matter of out of date modems.
Can someone please tell me what I am paying all this money for monthly when I would get better results from a DSL line than I am currently getting Cox "high speed" internet? Thankfully I am not locked into a contract for 2 years so if this doesnt improve I will be dropping Cox because I see no benefit in keeping it.
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From this end I'm not seeing any obvious indicators of trouble. Could you try those tests again without the router connected to see if you get the same results?
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