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ACP Benefit Dead End With Cox and ID.Me Please help

In 2022 myself and another family member were approved of the acp $30 a month by the acp's own website. We both are on EBT so getting approval was easy. We called Cox to apply for my household member’s discount code but were told we had to use the cox.com/acp site. We went on cox.com/ac but after finishing the process the site said "Your application has been denied". It was shocking since acp had already given her their approval. I called cox on her behalf and spoke to 9 or 10 agents all of whom were no help. They all said they could do nothing and could not escalate the matter. I was told that the Cox acp approval dept. is one that they had no way to contact. I was told by cox reps to contact ID.me, the acp government office and a local cox store all of which I did. No of them could help. I felt like the cox reps just wanted me off the phone so they told me to contact people they knew could not help. None of them told me about this forum. I found it on my own. I got so frustrated I gave up and my family member used their acp discount with MetroPCS with ease. My own acp benefit has been going to waste for months. That is $30 a month I have been losing. Just thinking about Cox put us through for no reason makes me very upset all over again. My mother has Spectrum where she lives. All she had to do was call Spectrum once and give them her acp approval code. I have no idea why cox makes it so difficult for their customers. 

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Hi Coxuserhere. This appears as if you may need someone to look into your account personally. We would definitely be able to assist you with this. Please reach out to us on Twitter at @CoxHelp via DM, visit us on Facebook via private message, or email us at cox.help@cox.com. Provide us the name on the account with the complete service address with a link to this thread so we can get started. - Lisa, Cox Support Forums Moderator

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I tried on your facebook. The person on their kept saying we were denied by the government for the acp even thou I kept saying we both have approval codes. I just can't deal with this anymore. Cox has made it impossible for us. I have accepted that we will lose the $30 a month that we should be getting.

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Go to the FCC website at www.fcc.gov and file a complaint or call 888-225-5322.  It takes less than 24 hours for that fire to light up @sses all over the place. There's also a link on your bill specific to ACP failures related to Cox under the Customer Information section. It wouldn't allow me to copy and paste.

800-234-3993 is the Cox phone # referenced in that section for issues. I believe its different than the regular old Customer?Don't Care! Number.

Good luck.

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Thank you I will try calling that number.

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FYI, it's not the responsibility of COX, to ensure the Federal program links to a customer account and sends payment to Cox. Even once everything is setup, until COX receives payment from the government, then the full amount is still due to Cox. Once they receive payment from the government program on your behalf, THEN they discount your bill the amount received from the government. the ACP is a government program - 

https://www.fcc.gov/acp

From the FCC website - 

Need Help With the ACP?

If you need to talk to someone about your eligibility or application status, call the ACP Support Center at (877) 384-2575.

To file an informal consumer complaint against your provider involving the ACP, click here.

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The purpose of the Cox Internet Forum is to allow customers to discuss technical topics related to residential Cox High Speed Internet services with other customers. If you need help with billing or other account specific issues, please reach us on Twitter at @CoxHelp, visit us on Facebook, or at cox.help@cox.com.

 

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