HOT!!!! Cox High Speed ups speed to 4Mbps/512Kbps

[fleshconsumed]

Originally posted by: jrichrds

Originally posted by: fleshconsumed
Isn't Cox the one who put a limit on download/upload limit and prosecuted high-traffic customers? Or was it Comcast?

I'm pretty sure all the commotion was with Comcast. But Cox does set dl/ul limits as well:
http://www.cox.com/policy/limitations.asp

Don't know how strictly they enforce them though.

Yikes... that's some stiff limits. I'll stick with SBC with no dl/ul limits even if my speeds are somewhat lower.

 

[T2T III]

That figures ...

The rest of the Cox environment gets upgraded and my connection crawls.

Down: 165 kbps
Up: 233 kbps



Meanwhile, I do have a call into their tech support to see why my connections keep getting timed out and why the very slow speed issues are present.

 

[Freewolf]

Originally posted by: ir0nw0lf
I live in the Cox - Gulf Coast region (Pensacola, FL). They press released saying that our area has indeed been turned up speedwise. Suhweet!

Hey irOnwOlf I'm in Pensacola also and they have upped the dowqnload speed don't know about the upload but I'm downloading at 450kb/s or better now.
nice.

 

[Freewolf]

Originally posted by: jrichrds

Originally posted by: fleshconsumed
Isn't Cox the one who put a limit on download/upload limit and prosecuted high-traffic customers? Or was it Comcast?

I'm pretty sure all the commotion was with Comcast. But Cox does set dl/ul limits as well:
http://www.cox.com/policy/limitations.asp

Don't know how strictly they enforce them though.

They aren't, at least not in Pensacola yet.

 

[cougr]

Lets hope they fix the timeout issues next, I could set my watch to how often I get logged out of FFXI, or CS, or UT2K4.

 

[Winchester]

Dear Cox High Speed Internet Customer,
You Deserve More!
We are pleased to announce that we are now providing you more of what matters when choosing a High Speed Internet provider ? SPEED! In order to provide you with the best value in High Speed Internet, Cox is doubling the speed of your Value Package High Speed Internet service. Now you can download at up to 256Kbps and upload at up to 256Kbps at no additional cost. This makes surfing the web or sending email twice as fast as last week, and nearly 9 times faster than dial-up! This speed increase has automatically taken place beginning August 10th and there is no action required on your part.

WTF? This is the email that I received from Cox. It does say something about the Preferred package below that, but what I have been downloading at for the past 2 years if I dont have the preferred package and it is now 256kbps. ????

 

[ir0nw0lf]

Not sure about other service areas of Cox, but here in Pensacola, there was only one "package" plan up until not too long ago. When they moved to a three-tiered package plan here, all exisiting customers were put on the middle package plan by default, only those who asked got moved to the lower or higher package plan.

 

[BZeto]

I just did a speed test and I'm only getting 3.2 Mbps down but I am getting 704Kbps up.

 

[lzpoof]

Originally posted by: ISAslot

Originally posted by: GetSome681
" Service differs in these locations: Arkansas, Las Vegas, Gainesville/Ocala, Mississippi, Missouri, Idaho, Greater Texas Greater Louisiana and Fredericksburg. "

Of course I have to live in one of those places.

Me too

l just emailed cox to see if they plan on increasers it sometime in my area (Gville/Ocala)..

A little birdy tells you that at some point soon they should be ........

 

[lzpoof]

Originally posted by: DaiShan

Originally posted by: Localan
Funny that here in Phoenix they advertise the upload rates as 512 or 768 depending on plan selected. Then you read the keynote... Seems a little like false/misleading advertising if you ask me.

Yeah I dont' see how they can say its 768kbit up then tell you it is really limited to 384. I really need to find a decent provider in gainseville, I might stick with DSL, cause I'm not dealing with transfer limits.

The 384 is leftover from before... they just didn't update the wording

 

[dennisjai215]

i have to say this sucks the cox =T

 

[jck8r]

so do you have to call and request something or is this just a passive deal...?

 

[kaysersoze]

Originally posted by: BZeto
I just did a speed test and I'm only getting 3.2 Mbps down but I am getting 704Kbps up.

From what website can you actually download at those speeds though? I've been surfing a long time, but the fastest I've ever had was from Apple, and even then I averaged around 600kb.

 

[Ronnie]

I live in Texas and the only broadband in the area is Cox, I get 1 Mbps down and getting 128Kbps up. If there was a different provider I would change. Cox service in my area is poor.

 

[ir0nw0lf]

Originally posted by: kaysersoze

Originally posted by: BZeto
I just did a speed test and I'm only getting 3.2 Mbps down but I am getting 704Kbps up.

From what website can you actually download at those speeds though? I've been surfing a long time, but the fastest I've ever had was from Apple, and even then I averaged around 600kb.

A year or so ago, I was able to use Getright and pulled the 3 CD Redhat build-of-the-time from some GA University at ~350 KB/s, bursts of ~400 KB/s. That's Kilobytes/second. Had like 3 connections open hehe. From places like FilePlanet, I often see 350+ KB/s sustained.

 

[hkarpf6045]

Originally posted by: kaysersoze

Originally posted by: BZeto
I just did a speed test and I'm only getting 3.2 Mbps down but I am getting 704Kbps up.

From what website can you actually download at those speeds though? I've been surfing a long time, but the fastest I've ever had was from Apple, and even then I averaged around 600kb.

Hunh, at my dorm we have like 40Mb a sec connection and from microsoft i can generally get about 3.4MB, yes that is mega BYTES per second. Service pack 1 in about 30 seconds, all 120 megs of it.

 

[Nohr]

Originally posted by: Ronnie
I live in Texas and the only broadband in the area is Cox, I get 1 Mbps down and getting 128Kbps up. If there was a different provider I would change. Cox service in my area is poor.

I'm in east TX and have the same service. I've had it since Oct. 2000 and have been happy with it. Just wish I was getting in on the speed increase.

 

[nguyendot1]

Originally posted by: hkarpf6045

Originally posted by: kaysersoze

Originally posted by: BZeto
I just did a speed test and I'm only getting 3.2 Mbps down but I am getting 704Kbps up.

From what website can you actually download at those speeds though? I've been surfing a long time, but the fastest I've ever had was from Apple, and even then I averaged around 600kb.

Hunh, at my dorm we have like 40Mb a sec connection and from microsoft i can generally get about 3.4MB, yes that is mega BYTES per second. Service pack 1 in about 30 seconds, all 120 megs of it.

Somehow, I really doubt that you have 40megaBYTES per second. Even with 100mbit, you top out at 12.5meg/s max theoretical. Unless your dorm room is wired with gigabit throughout the entire campus you aren't gettin 40meg/s.

 

[LikeLinus]

Originally posted by: hkarpf6045

Originally posted by: kaysersoze

Originally posted by: BZeto
I just did a speed test and I'm only getting 3.2 Mbps down but I am getting 704Kbps up.

From what website can you actually download at those speeds though? I've been surfing a long time, but the fastest I've ever had was from Apple, and even then I averaged around 600kb.

Hunh, at my dorm we have like 40Mb a sec connection and from microsoft i can generally get about 3.4MB, yes that is mega BYTES per second. Service pack 1 in about 30 seconds, all 120 megs of it.

Your college is running gigabit throughout the whole campus?

Where do you go to college? I call BS for sure.

 

[imported_chrisbtx]

Cox offers up to 1 meg downstream speed and 2 gigs of bandwidth per month for 40 bucks before taxes. That is the worst high speed internet service I have ever heard offered. I used them last year when the downstream was up to 2 megs, but definitely not anymore now (it's a college town, and I'm not there during the summer). I'd rather pay the 55-60 bucks it'll be for my apartment to have dsl and the phone line needed for the dsl, because SBC has the pro package available there and it's 1.5-3 megs downstream w/ no bandwidth limit... I think everyone in the "service varies" areas should boycott Cox untill they decide to offer actual service.

 

[ebaycj]

Originally posted by: nguyendot1

Originally posted by: hkarpf6045

Originally posted by: kaysersoze

Originally posted by: BZeto
I just did a speed test and I'm only getting 3.2 Mbps down but I am getting 704Kbps up.

From what website can you actually download at those speeds though? I've been surfing a long time, but the fastest I've ever had was from Apple, and even then I averaged around 600kb.

Hunh, at my dorm we have like 40Mb a sec connection and from microsoft i can generally get about 3.4MB, yes that is mega BYTES per second. Service pack 1 in about 30 seconds, all 120 megs of it.

Somehow, I really doubt that you have 40megaBYTES per second. Even with 100mbit, you top out at 12.5meg/s max theoretical. Unless your dorm room is wired with gigabit throughout the entire campus you aren't gettin 40meg/s.

you are obviously a moron. he meant a 40mbit/sec connection, making a download speed of 3.4 mbyte/sec completely reasonable.

 

[Nutzo]

Out here in Mission Viejo, CA, I noticed the improved download speed a couple weeks ago.
Getting 400-430 KBytes/second on download now instead of around 300 KBytes before.

Of couse this is still less than when I started the service several years ago (Mission Viejo was one of the one of the initial 2 test cities for Cox Internet) Back then downloads were'nt capped and there where few users in my neighborhood, so I was able to hit 620 KBytes/second on downloads, which is basically the limit of the half duplex 10 mbit ethernet connection on the cable modem

 

[Ninjazx]

I happen to be stuck in one of those "non-upgraded" areas... one of the areas with 1mbit down, and 128kup... but then, im still out of range of cable anyway, so i can stick with my dialup until I (finally) move out in a few weeks :-|

 

[erub]

yay for being in "GREATER TEXAS" - bah

 

[LordPhoenix]

Man download speed doesn't even matter. I didn't notice a different between Verizon DSL 768 kb vs Comcast 3 MB. I don't think it matters what MB it is because you're never going to fully use # MB anyway ( Unless you're downloading like 30 movies at once ) . Anything above 768 = Good.