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Re: COX won't update customer provided modems after screwing up Gigablast speeds....
I usethis: https://www.speedtest.net/apps/windows I also use usenet and have not noticed any obvious throttling although speeds due vary at times. Right now it seems like my model modem has a speed cap of 300mbps despite having Gigablast. I just downloaded from usenet and it maxed out at that speed as did the speedtests. Last week before "something" happened, I was getting close to 1000.14Views0likes1CommentRe: COX won't update customer provided modems after screwing up Gigablast speeds....
Brian, thank you for your response. I checked this morning and you are correct. The update has been pushed to my modem sometime in the last 24 hours as I now see I am on 8600-18.2.9 Unfortunately, my speedcheck still indicates that I am topping at 300mbps despite being on the Gigablast plan. The mb8600 is a COX certified modem according to your website. Is there some sort of configuration issue on your end that would be limiting me to this speed? My speedtest corresponds to the speeds I was receiving prior to upgrading to GIgablast 1 year ago which makes me think something has changed on COX's end. One week ago I did not have this issue.5Views0likes0CommentsRe: COX won't update customer provided modems after screwing up Gigablast speeds....
Actually it wasn't the tech who said this. It was the support center office who he was on the phone with the entire time. I asked to speak directly to the phone tech because I didn't believe it either. The onsite tech reluctantly allowed me to speak to him and the home office tech specifically stated that customer bought modems will not be updated by COX and its up to the customer to update their firmware. As far as I know that's not even possible and I thought it was pretty crappy considering it was COX's system updates that screwed up my Gigablast speeds! Hopefully Motorola will talk some sense into COX engineering and they will push the update to my modem and that will fix my recent slow speeds. I am also currently on the older Software Version8600-6.1.1.19 All I know is that if this truly is COX's official policy to screw anyone not using their equipment then I think I will finally have to leave them for someone else after being with them for 20 years when they were @Home!!30Views0likes5CommentsCOX won't update customer provided modems after screwing up Gigablast speeds....
I have Gigablast service that is now suddenly topping out at 300mbps DL and 5mbps UL. Up until last week I had full 1000mbps speed DL and 40mbps UL. My modem is a Motorola MB8600. Its obvious that COX has changed their system in some way within the last week or so and caused this issue. I had a COX tech come out who determined that my modem is the issue and most likely needs a firmware update but that they wont update it since its customer provided! I contacted Motorola who told me that they do have a firmware update to my MB8600 which they have forwarded to COX to provide to their customers. They said that ALL updates should be provided by COX. They said they specifically created this firmware after COX system updates have created intermittent connectivity issues and degraded speeds to many Motorola users modems. Motorola said they will contact COX to tell them they should be pushing this update to me. We will see what happens.... Oh, and as a cherry on top, it looks like COX will be charging me $75 for the service visit since the problem was a "customer equipment issue".20KViews1like33Comments