Ads in Webmail
Am I the only person who's disgruntled by the addition of advertising between messages on webmail? It is MOST aggravating and I can't seem to find anyone to whom I can express this. Cox has also beg...
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Ads are annoying, but they help keep the costs that we are paying for Internet/TV/Telephone down. The more they make in ad revenue, the less they need to charge us to maintain the same level of profitability. BTW, using a mail client means no webmail ads.
keep the costs that we are paying for Internet/TV/Telephone down
You're kidding, right? Consumer Reports released a survey this month from over 60K of its subscribers and Cox is specifically and boldly noted as the "most expensive" of the 24 providers...especially its TV service. The cheapest TV service is Kinetic by Windstream at an average of $114 per month and Cox averages $218 (+ 91.22%).
Cox is charging us more as well as spamming us more out of pure, unadulterated greed.
My costs are great. I have phone and internet, (preferred hsi), for $85 a month, including all taxes. To add TV, is "Get all your favorite shows on broadcast TV, with local news, live events, and sports—all for just $50 a month with one Contour box included." so, 135 a month, phone, unlimited LD, with caller ID and voicemail, Preferred HSI, and tv for 135 a month, seems to me like a good price. A check of providers actually shows you are incorrect. For starting packages, there are only 2 providers with lower costs, but their services provided are MUCH less than what you would get with Cox. I realize you are butthurt over something, and can do nothing but denigrate Cox, their service and prices, but in all honesty, I am very satisfied. I have had top notch service for decades, my internet is fantastic, my telephone service is great. My home phone rings my cell phone as well, so I never miss a call whether I am at home or not. So while starting TV service is 50, (or 53 based on ads all over as well as on consumer reports), you do NOT need every single service there is. If you WANT to spend more, you can.
First, you're shopping on the Internet and obviously have never heard of promotional pricing, hidden costs, the fine print and being easily duped. Meaning, you will not pay only $50 for Cox cable-TV service.
Here are some hidden costs to factor in your limited research, which will easily add another 20% to your bill:
• Broadcast TV Surcharge
• FCC Regulatory Recovery Fee
• Rights-of-Way Use Fee
• Public, Educational and Governmental Fee
• Regional Sports Network Fee
• Local Utility User Tax
• State Sales Tax
• County Sales Tax
• Local Sales TaxI subscribe to TV, HBO, Internet and telephone. The overall cost breakdown of my entire bill is as follows:
• Contour TV: 43.18%
• Cox Internet Preferred: 25.40%
• Taxes, Fees and Surcharges: 20.55%
• Cox Voice Essential: 10.87%Also, year-to-year, Contour TV has been the most increasingly-adjusted service on my bill since 2019:
• Contour TV, 3 increases, average of $4 per increase, YTD increase of $12.01
• Broadcast Surcharge, 3 increases, average of $3 per increase, YTD increase of $9
• Regional Sports Surcharge, 2 increases, average of $1.50 per increase, YTD increase of $3Second, 60K+ real people, including me, partook in the Consumer Reports survey. The survey specifically asked our type of TV package: starter, basic, advanced, number of premium channels, etc. After Consumer Reports compiled and analyzed the data, Cox is the most expensive cable-TV service.
However, I should have known you'd dispute the results of this survey after a smarmy search on google.
