Over a week without Internet, horrible support
I have been trying to use the internet for over a week with no success. I contacted your support and no one was able to help, I went to the cox shop and I got a new modem that is still not working. I already paid for the service that I am not receiving and your support wants to charge me $100 to fix the problem. That's unacceptable, I already paid for the internet service and I am paying extra for my mobile phone service to be able to use the internet. I will not pay an extra $100 to someone provides me the service that you are already supposed to be providing. If this case doesn't get resolved this week I will contact another internet provider.124Views0likes2CommentsIntermittent Connectivity Issues
I recently moved and previously had zero issues with connectivity. From day 1 in the new home, the internet would disconnect every 90-120 minutes. I have contacted customer five times, twice over text and three calls. The first two were taking so long to respond I figured I would just restart the modem myself. That worked until the eventual disconnection about an hour and a half later. Finally I call, speak to someone who seems like he knows what’s going on and offers to send the technician out for free if the issue persisted. Great! The issue persisted, I call from work the next day but the new customer service rep insists I have to do the troubleshooting now for the fourth time. I ask if he can send the tech out and read the previous rep’s notes. He said he didn’t see any notes regarding sending a tech out and it could be a $100 charge because we didn’t do the troubleshooting. I decline and say I’ll call at home so we can do the troubleshooting again. I get home, call the service line again, same troubleshooting, same claim that the issue is fixed. I tell her that this is now the fifth time and what would it take to send a tech out. I get the same line from her to call back if the issue persists. At this point I’m wondering if there is some magic number of times calling customer service I need to reach before they actually send someone. I ask for a manager, who then says she sees no problem, but now it’s a potential $75 fee for the tech visit. On top of all this, I keep getting pushed to the app THAT WONT WORK IF THE GATEWAY ISNT CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET. So is it free, $100, or $75? Is it based on troubleshooting or is it based on complaining to a manager or getting the right rep? I’m debating terminating the service because of how awful it’s been dealing with them.75Views0likes3CommentsExtortionists
I have just had Cox wifi set up today and it did not work for a single moment. I am now going to be charged even more money for a technician to come out and fix the mistake they made. Im being held responsible for the internet i paid for not working properly. This is extortion. Almost the definition of extortion to be honest. You are forcing me to pay more money for your company’s mistakes. Its unjust and unfair to me as a customer to force more money out of me just to have the service actually work properly. Congratulations, you won. You’ve successfully drained even more of my money than was previously agreed. If i had known this company was going to treat me this way i would never have signed up. You are extortionists. This is wrong.36Views0likes1CommentAnybody else get fake discount offers?
I setup internet at my local cox store for a deal that was $70.00+tax 1gb unlimited data. Check my account and was billed for $186.13. Asked the online live agent customer support about this, and was told no deal was on my account. I lowered my plan through the website to 500 mb with limited 1.2tb data and that was applied within 24hours. I called customer support this time to add the unlimited data and was offered yet another good deal. $100.00 +tax for 1gb unlimited data internet. Even got a work order for it: 35070023. I was assured by the rep 3 times that deal was added to my account, even though I said it is not showing on my app. Yet again, I check with online representative today and no deal is shown but I was offered another deal for $166.88. At this point, it's a joke right? Online customer service is 3rd party overseas but my local cox store did the same thing. (No offer but I have an offer for you.Solved158Views0likes7CommentsRandom Drops
Whether I'm playing a game, streaming a show, working, or just googling, the internet will randomly cut out for a few minutes at a time, often ruining whatever I was doing. The equipment is all fine, in good positions, and it doesn't matter if its the only device on or not. Support doesn't seem to know how to do anything other than reset a modem. Are there any fixes for it, or do I just need to switch?76Views0likes1CommentHorrible Customer Service
I had contacted Cox on Tuesday May 27, 2025 to get internet set up at my new rental address. The first call was at 6:08pm on May 27, 2025 and the call lasted 24min, ending at 6:32pm. During this phone call, your representative offered me 1GBps for $85 with equipment and the non-equipment option being $70 both for 24mo. Towards the end of this phone call, the representative said there was a “billing” issue for this plan, and that he would call me back in approximately 20min. I waited until 7:23pmwith no returned call, so I proceeded to call back. Now, I am with a different representative to whom I spoke with for five minutes and then am told to “wait one moment,” after that I was left in silence for 37 minutes with no response. I have the time stamps, call logs, and recordings of the calls.98Views0likes5CommentsNo internet for 5 days or the connection goes in and out
No one seems to be able to assist. I have tried through the web and the app with resets. I went and bought and picked up new things including their modem, talked to 10 different agents who use the same troubleshooting and telling me to do the same steps I’ve already done. Telling me everything looks fine on their end. What’s funny but not funny about that is, I then received a text from them separately saying there’s an outage in my area. Next was: Cox: Thanks for signing up to receive outage text updates. We're working on it, and expect you to be reconnected by 05:01AM. We'll continue to send updates as they're available. Next was: Cox: The outage in your area is resolved. We'll continue to closely monitor our network. Please let us know if your services are working. Reply "YES" if your service is up and running. Reply "NO" or "Unsure" if you're still having an issue. I say no. Then: We're sorry to see you're having trouble connecting. Please visit https://cox.com/smarthelp to troubleshoot the issue and get back up and running. Then: Cox: Your reset was unsuccessful. Try unplugging the power & plugging it back in. This can take up to 10 min. Then: Cox: It's been 3 days since the outage in your area was resolved, and we're checking to make sure your service is still running smoothly. Reply "YES" if you can connect without issues. Reply "NO" or "Unsure" if you’re still having trouble. I say NO again. Then: We're sorry to see you're having trouble connecting. Please visit https://cox.com/smarthelp to troubleshoot the issue and get back up and running. Now I’m highly annoyed because all these days have passed. I decide to txt AGENT for the 10th and final time. Same troubleshooting steps I already told them I’m tired of doing. Cox: Verify the Coax Cable is Connected into the Cable Port on the Box. Verify Coax Cable is connected to the wall outlet. Ensure all connections between the wall and the equipment are not loose or damaged. Me: I’ve reset, unplugged, plugged back, reset again, unscrewed cords, screwed them back in. It can’t be the modem, router, coax cords, Ethernet cords, power cords, nothing. I got all new stuff yesterday and a new modem from cox 3 days ago.My WiFi worked for 45 minutes today and then gone. I’ve troubleshoot everything, check cords, got a new modem, new router, etc. I’ve been without internet for 5 days. I’ve talked to ten agents. Then I was told there’s an outage in my area AFTER being told there wasn’t Then I’m told- Thank you so much for this confirmation, there are no outages reported in your area at this moment, in this case please allow me to reboot your device in order to clean up your line for any cache or excess of data and check the status of your modem, if the steps we follow don't fix the issue we will schedule a tech visit. 😑 did it, still nope. Next was: Thank you so much for following these steps with me today. I know how important it is for you to get everything working again, it seems like a tech visit needs to be done in order to sort this out for you, the visit would have a $75 potential charge (if the cause of the issue is Cox's responsibility charge won't be applied) I’m like at this point, y’all should’ve came out to the residents affected that are still having troubles because why would they lie 😑😑😑 Anybody else encounter this mess?3.9KViews2likes8CommentsYou need competitors.
Just moved here from Idaho. I am so disappointed with the service I have had so far. 7 outages. One lasting upwardly 9 hours. Being overhcarged for a gig when it should NOT be 175$ a month. That's OUTRAGEOUS. Some of the worst customer service I have EVER experienced with never ANY resolutions to issues. I've had only problems with the service since I've gotten it. I am directly connected in and have yet to even reach 690 megs. I feel scammed. Upset. Very frustrated. When I went to try to start a mobile service with all of you I was kept on the phone for more than an hour and a half only for the guy to mess up the entire order, now having to have him call me AGAIN tomorrow. If anyone sees this, I truly recommend going with TMOBILE 5g, or ATT air. I will be leaving very soon. I can kiss the 1 gig good bye at this point. I have never been so upset at any company, nor ever have made a review or post about a company. Horrible. As a brand new customer I do not feel Valued AT ALL.93Views0likes2CommentsInternet Has Been Out for Days, Yet Cox Tells Me I'm the Problem
I'd like to find out if anyone else has had an experience with Cox as terrible as my recent experience in Oklahoma City, OK: My home internet has been out for 3 or 4 days now. It started when our modem suddenly stopped getting any signal from Cox. The modem has power and has shown zero issues up to this point. I thought maybe it was that particular coaxial connection, so I tried hooking the modem up in other rooms around the house that that have a connection available. Same issue: modem powers on, but no connection to Cox. I then got on the Cox website to verify that my modems MAC and Serial Numbers were correct, as well as to try and reset my modem from my online account settings. Still no improvement. So, I decided to chat with a Cox support agent. The FIRST agent I talked to looked into all kinds of things and ended up telling me that I needed a new modem (which, of course they immediately started trying to sell me one of theirs). I said no thanks, went to the store, and bought a new modem. The new modem is the exact same brand and model (Netgear CM500) as the previous modem I'd been using for years with Cox, so I know for a fact it is compatible. I get home, I hookup the new modem, but still no connection to Cox. I try to activate the modem according to both the manufacturers instructions and the instructions on the Cox website, but I can't finish it myself because, of course, Cox can't establish a connection to the modem! So, I decide to chat with a Cox support agent AGAIN. The SECOND agent has me provide the MAC and Serial Number of the new modem so that they can activate it on my account for me. I provide them all of this information, and they tell me that they have activated the modem on their end, but that they still can't establish a connection to the new modem. Then, all of a sudden, the chat session ends before I can get anything else from them. Big help that was, Cox! Once again, I reach out to a Cox support agent. I tell the THIRD agent everything that's happened up to this point, about the sudden disconnection on my old modem, going out and buying a new modem, going through the headache of getting the new modem activated, and getting disconnected from the previous agent. This agent wants all the MAC and Serial Number information again so they can make sure the modem is activated. I provide all the information to them, they tell me the modem is activated "on their end", and that I need to reset the modem (unplug it, wait 10 seconds, plug back in). Then they tell me to "wait a while", I'm assuming so that Cox can try to connect to the modem. After about 10 or 15 minutes of waiting, and still no connection, this agent tells me that it's a problem with my modem. UM, EXCUSE ME? You mean, this brand new modem that the FIRST agent told me to go buy for absolutely no reason? Not likely. At this point I told the third agent that I'd like a technician to come out to my house and check the Cox lines outside because the only remaining possibility is that there's an issue with their equipment. The third agent then told me that they can't send a technician to my house because they're not allowed to touch equipment that's not provided by Cox (in reference to the modem). I tell them that's fine, because I'm not asking them to touch my modem, I want them to check up on their own equipment! The agent then goes back to insisting that the issue is with my brand new equipment. Well, of course it is, because Cox is just infallible, right?! At this point, I'm ready to drop Cox all together. I've never had such a poor customer service experience in my life. I worked in customer service for a number of years, and it never once occurred to me to tell a customer "it's not us, it's you" if I hadn't already exhausted every possibility on our end first. It's a shame too, because this is really the first issue I've ever had with Cox. At this point, the hot spot on my T-Mobile phone is providing a more reliable connection for my home than Cox seems able to. In the meantime, I've talked with co-workers who live in nearby cities who've told me that their Cox service has been out for the exact same amount of time, with the exact same symptoms (modem suddenly receives no signal), who've been told the exact same thing by customer service agents (go buy a new modem), then been treated the exact same way after the recommendation doesn't work ("it's not us, it's you"). Is anyone else starting to see a pattern here?1.6KViews4likes5CommentsCox service is making me lose my hair!!!
UPDATE 2/7: today the internet went out and as usual it happened in the same time like before. UPDATE 2/6: so I had a tech come in on Thursday [2/4] to look at the "issue" and they said that it was the POE filter and the splitter that was installed on the main line that's causing the disconnections. They said it was not up to spec with their network. Okay so they replaced it with their own as well as replaced the coax cables that's connected from the outlet to my modem. Today [2/6] I've now experienced a disconnection for 10 mins instead of a mere 1-2 mins prior to this "fix". So I pretty much spent $100 of my money just to get a worse network experience. I, and others in my household, rely on your network 24/7 not just for leisure but also for work and cannot have interruptions this severe. I am now contemplating on reporting this to the FCC the more issues I experience. I've been having issues everyday at the same timeframe with my gigablast. I've never had an issue before but so far it has started on the 2nd week of January to now and it had only worked without issue for two days straight last week.. My network connection would cut off multiple times around 11am-2pm everyday and whenever I ask assistance they would always tell me that they'll send out a tech to check my connection. I've factory reset my modem and router a million times, switched over to another coax port in the house, have tried having a direct connection from the main line to one coax port (no splitter), I've done having direct connection to the modem and all these steps have not resolved the issue. The website says that there are no outages, maintenance, service interruptions whatsoever but there clearly is. It seems Cox isn't as responsive unless it about bill pay. Customer Support would always pull a "let's have a tech come in to check your connection", no my connection isn't the issue, the residents in the vicinity is having the issue and Cox doesn't seem to understand that. I've asked multiple times to check the main line that goes in our area but no one is sent to check it. There are multiple reports even on Downdetector of the same issue I'm experiencing.3.6KViews1like14Comments