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Friday, March 13th, 2020 2:42 PM

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Lifting Data Cap Covid-19

I'm curious if Cox will follow in the footsteps of AT&T and Comcast in removing the data cap limit during the outbreak. 

I work for Hartford Healthcare in CT, and more folks like myself are starting to work from home during the outbreak, and with my ability to remotely monitor our hospital's systems via VPN, I'll burn through my limit fairly quickly. 

Cox? This seems like an easy PR win.

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5 years ago

Yeah, Cox actually do something to help the customer and take money they didn’t earn? That will be the day! But in all honesty it would be nice if they would do like the rest of the ISP’s and take away the data cap for the for the time being.

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5 years ago

Deduct the fee for exceeding your Data Caps as a business expense.

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5 years ago

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You wear a suit to work dontchya ;)

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That's true.  Money saved on gas, childcare, dry cleaning...taking a shower in the AM...etc would be more than removing data caps.

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Are overalls a suit?  😆

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5 years ago

it's not really a cox issue, are you working on commission or salaried?

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No.  It is a Cox issue.  These are only charged is places where a monopoly is held by the carrier.  Already a lack of competition issue.  Now a lack of compassion issue. The solution is to complain to the FCC on the first one.  

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5 years ago

I logged in to post this same question. I would very much like a response. 

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5 years ago

I too would like to know this response. I will be moving soon, and will also be looking to see how they react to this. If they don't remove data caps during this time, then I will definitely be using another service provider in my new house.

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I would suggest a company that doesn't have data caps. There are still a few that will give you great high speed internet without them and I know that because I use to work for one. lol

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I know the popular thing is to hate on comcast. But they at least got the message and have spent the last decade fixing every issue, and in my opinion and experience has become one of the strongest/best ISPs and they always are the first to reach out during emergencies to do things positive for their service. Just my .02

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5 years ago

Yes. Cox along with virtually every other ISP and Carrier in the US have signed onto an FCC compact called Keep Americans Connected. The FCC says that signatories to the pact will suspend data caps, data overage charges, late fees, disconnect fees, disconnections for non payment, waive access charges for public hotspots, waive long distance charges and prioritize healthcare workers and hospital connections for 60 days as the nation deals with the economic impact of the novel Coronavirus. 

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Source? as per the FCC:

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-363033A1.pdf

states nothing about data caps/data cap overages

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5 years ago

Hello, here is some information that talks about how Cox is responding to the Corona Virus.

www.cox.com/.../coronavirus-response.html

At this time, this is all the information we have available. -Kevin

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So, nothing about data caps as other ISP's are adopting.  Way to go Cox, not

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5 years ago

This is a must have now that both my spouse and I are working from home and 4 kids are doing school from home.  That's a lot of streaming all day long.  It would be absurd for Cox to not remove data caps during this time.

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@JTinnin, data overage charges incurred on or after March 16th will not be billed. This will be in effect through May 15th and is a part of our ongoing effort to keep our customers connected during the COVID-19 work and school closures. Customers who have the add-on plans of 500 GB or Unlimited will be automatically credited over the next two bill cycles. -Kevin M. Cox Support Forum Moderator

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5 years ago

I just got a warning email that I went over my allowed data usage. Cox is going to have a PR nightmare if they gouge customers during this difficult time.

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5 years ago

https://www.dropbox.com/s/oziodmco6cn9db5/cox.png?dl=0

Hey Cox, do you want to stop with the obnoxious HTML injection?

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Hi Jcain50, beginning March 16th, data overage charges incurred on or after March 16th will not be billed. This will be in effect through May 15th and is a part of our ongoing effort to keep our customers connected during the COVID-19 work and school closures.

In reference to the HTML injection, can you please elaborate on this issue for us? -Kevin M. Cox Support Forum Moderator

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5 years ago

This morning Cox increased my download bandwidth to 50 MBs. That's welcome but not terribly useful. My old speed was plenty fast for Netflix, et. al. Working from home  is a two way operation. The upload speed is nearly as important as download. And as others have pointed out the excess data limit charge needs to be removed. 

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I'm wondering if you have the same issue as me? By any chance are you currently on the 30mbs plan? I think that the upgrade is an excuse to get everyone off the 30mbs plan and phase it out. I can't find that pan listed on the site anymore. I don't want 50mb but i think im stuck with it and to boot my bill may go up.

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Hi RhodyIslander, we took steps to immediately activate a speed increase to 50 Mbps for Essential customers, initially scheduled for later this year. This decision was made in response to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic and is a part of our ongoing effort to keep customers connected during the work and school closures. This upgrade does not increase the price of the service. -Kevin M. Cox Support Forum Moderator

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5 years ago

+1 on this. Follow the industry and do something right for a change. 

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5 years ago

+1 to this! Do something good for a change!

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5 years ago

is hartford heathcare offering any freebies?

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