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3298y2938h
New Contributor II

Paying for 1Gbps and getting 200Mbps down and 16 Up.

Been having issues for a while now and i keep getting the same run around. Tech needs to come out could cost 75 dollars blah blah. I got my own modem because i was having problems with their equipment and the problems went away for a little while. The issues have returned and it has been a week or two with no improvement. I had someone run a new line from the tap and everything. Guy said my connection was perfect. Is there anything i can do to resolve this?

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  • madari's avatar
    madari
    New Contributor

    Was having similar issues as you have described, seems to have been fixed by the tech that came out this morning for me. I was seeing too many issues logged on event logs on modem, mostly the cm-status messages with codes 16 and 24 denoting a profile loss and recovery. Every time this happened, our connection drops anywhere from for a few seconds, to a complete time-out.

    Timeline and final resolution:

    Several techs had been called out over a few weeks time, all attempting to fix with no avail.

    About a week or so ago, a tech finally came out and determined that a line needed replaced. From what i can tell, the old line from the alley was bad, and used a splitter for both our line and our landlord's line to connect to the alley. The tech ran a new cable from our alley to our landlord's building, and switched our landlord's line to the new one (they were complaining that they had dropped calls on their phone service). The new line they were added to also had a splitter added, but the tech capped the other side of the splitter, and left our cable connected on the old line, with no cap on where our landlord's cable was removed from the splitter.

    Without the cap, seems like we were getting a lot of interference and noise, and once the tech today switched our cable to the new line, problems solved. Still seeing a few messages stating "RNG-RSP CCAP Commanded Power Exceeds Value Corresponding to the Top of the DRW" and "Dynamic Range Window violation", but these are only coming every hour or two, and have not seen any further dropped connections.

    So my recommendation is, check to ensure any splitters on your line are properly capped to stop any noise interference, as this was causing constant dropped connections for us.

    • 3298y2938h's avatar
      3298y2938h
      New Contributor II

      I got someone coming out this Thursday, last guy said it looked like cox was throttling me lol!

      The only thing that ** is that the line from my backyard is coming from my neighbors side of the house. We'll see how it goes though.

      • JonathanJ's avatar
        JonathanJ
        Former Moderator
        @3298y2938h

        I apologize for any inconvenience this has caused. Please let us know how the tech visit goes.

        Jonathan J
        Cox Moderator
    • Allan's avatar
      Allan
      Moderator
      @3298y29389h, Intermittent speed issues can be frustrating. Please let us know if the issue continues after the tech visit. We will be here to help. -Allan, Cox Support Forums Moderator.
  • 3298y2938h's avatar
    3298y2938h
    New Contributor II

    Had a tech come out and he said everything is perfect. showed him the modem logs and he said he couldnt speak on anything from the other day. So i am guessing i am in the same boat until something happens again. Tech will come out again and say everything is right.

    • 3298y2938h's avatar
      3298y2938h
      New Contributor II

      Showed all my speeds and evidence i have gotten, guy says everything is fine lol

  • 3298y2938h's avatar
    3298y2938h
    New Contributor II

    TWO TECH came out this week and still nothing. literally getting .3 Upload.

      • Allan's avatar
        Allan
        Moderator
        Hello. I recommend sending us an email at cox.help@cox.com so we can look into this ongoing issue further for you. Allan, Cox Support Forums Moderator.