You're Not Crazy It's Happening To Everyone
I can't read one more. I can't read one more post that says, "my modem drops dozens of times a day, and comes back up minutes later, sometimes it's unusable for HOURS, I've rebooted, and reset, and refreshed, and I've replaced ALL of my equipment, I've called Cox dozens of times, techs have visited my house over and over, and it's STILL HAPPENING, EVERY DAY." It's not a user-end issue, and I can't believe that with ALL OF THESE IDENTICAL REPORTS (and you can add mine - identical), that Cox is just plum mystified (and always, EXTREMELY RETICENT TO ISSUE ANY KIND OF CREDIT FOR THEIR BREACH OF CONTRACT). It's too much. That's enough. The Federal Communications Commission is there to protect consumers from this fraud and abuse, and by God, I'll be calling on them to do so. Investigative journalists live to expose greed and corruption, and the lack of antitrust measures governing utilities like Cox is fertilizer for the kind of stink Cox gives you for hundreds of dollars a month. So anyway, does anyone have any suggestions, he asked rhetorically. (incidentally, the sheer VOLUME of tags, crowd-sourced, shows where the stakeholders are:)2.3KViews4likes3CommentsNo 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?2.7KViews2likes8CommentsInconsistent and Incorrect Outage Information - Extremely Frustrating
I’m beyond frustrated with the way Cox has handled communication about a planned network outage this week. The lack of clarity and consistency in the information provided has been infuriating. Here’s what I’ve been dealing with: Email Notification: I received an email about the outage, but instead of providing a clear date (MM/DD/YY), the email just included a countdown. This is a terrible way to inform customers about a planned outage, especially when sent a week in advance. Conflicting Times in Email: According to the countdown in the email, the outage should begin on 09/04/2024 at 5:00 PM. However, when I clicked the "add to calendar" button, it added the outage for 09/04/2024 at 8:00 AM. This inconsistency leaves me completely in the dark about when I’ll actually lose service. Door Flyer: To make matters worse, I received a door flyer with different times altogether. The flyer says the outage is scheduled for 09/03/2024 & 09/04/2024, with two outage windows: 5:00 AM - 12:00 PM and 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM underlined in marker. Customer Service Confusion: When I called customer service, the representative couldn’t provide any more information than “yes, we sent you an email” and didn’t seem to understand the issue. The same thing happened when I tried the online chat. This morning, I finally reached someone who could tell me the outage had already started—despite my email still showing a countdown of over 31 hours. This entire situation is unacceptable. I’ve been a Cox customer for years, but after this and the multiple outages we’ve had recently, I’m seriously considering switching providers. This needs to be fixed. Your communication with your customers has been awful. As someone who works from home and needs internet access to do my job it's frustrating to not receive correct information even after reaching out to customer service. Below is a screen shot of the email that was taken on 09/03/2024 9:59am which is evidence of my first bullet point above.122Views1like3CommentsInternet Outages AGAIN!!
I have had 4 outages in the last week in my area/neighborhood near Buffalo and Summerlin Parkway. (7 total in the last 3 weeks) I called Friday to get credited for the outages and Cox did but when asked why or will these keep happening?.. nothing. I understand COX is going to keep us in the dark about what causes their problems but for the amount we pay there should be some "communication" (haa, get it!) from them about a service that we rely on now as much as power and water! This has made me start looking to get a second connection which I should have to do. And Cox doesn't care they have the monopoly over most the area. A class action suit would be nice.861Views1like13CommentsInternet Outage
What happened to the internet in 73110? We had internet all through the ice strom then lost it and haven't gotten it back. I keep getting the note of technicians are working on it and no estimate time for when it will be back up. I get things may be hectic but where is the update from Cox on what happened. My work and school is severely affected by this. I would like some sort of explanation.2.5KViews1like6Comments