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Daniel_Bradley
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Repeatedly slow upload speeds

Greetings all, 

I am on the Preferred tier and have been for three plus years. Up until two months ago, I have had no issues. And then my upload speeds slow diminished. I worked with an representative whom sent out a technician to investigate. It turns out the technician found an issue with the service node and a new technician was dispatched. After several days and several calls, I found that the second technician found the home run to the service node needed replaced. And after that dispatch, I seen no heard from no one at Cox. After a call in, I found out that the only notes on the case was that the service was "fixed". 

And for a couple months, all was well. But again, in the last few days, the same issue surfaced. I went ahead and replaced my modem with a recommended modem. It seemed to help a bit, but the speeds bounced around and then finally bottomed out at around 1.2 to 1.3 Mbps. 

I get my advertised download speeds, but I am far from my upload speeds. And, I have tracked my history on speed tests and I hold a solid 5 to 6 Mbps when it working correctly. When it fails, it runs down to .5 to 1.3 Mpbs. 

And as a note, I have performed the following:

1. Factory reset on router

2. Removed router and plugged into the modem

3. Reset modem

4. Replaced modem

I am using Speedtest.net as recommended by the Cox technician and I am using the Cox speed test in their network. And even in their network my speeds are reported slow. It is not constant, and that is the frustrating part as I cannot get a low speed when the support reps review the speeds. 

Does anyone have any solutions?

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  • sacolton's avatar
    sacolton
    New Contributor

    Same problem here.  0.36 Mbps ... sometimes 0.00 upload speed.  Just started this morning (Dec. 14th).

  • Tecknowhelp's avatar
    Tecknowhelp
    Valued Contributor II

    Are you two in the same state? Speed problems effect many people on this forum, but very few of them are related. There is no system I know of that would slow upload of their entire network. It's like traffic; everyone experiences it at some point, but very few people are in the same traffic jam.