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Great Customer Service/Products and Prices!
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SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA -- In my 47 years I have never fallen across a company that truly will bend over backwards and go to major lengths to assist their customers. Where else can you find a family-owned company that consistently provides the most current technology, local customer service and 24/7 tech support? Here is a company with integrity that will not stoop to the level of AT&T by taking specific pot shots at their competitors!

That in and of itself speaks volumes! I don't get it?? Cox has been in the cable business since 1960. AT&T....less than a year. First they took over DISH Network and now it appears they will be kicking them to the curb so they can do their own cable; which is laughable considering they are CLUELESS as to what they are doing. Cox's prices are actually less expensive overall. They INVENTED the BUNDLE which has been ripped off by everyone and their mother.

People balk at prices without doing ANY research! Just inquire with DISH, DirecTV or AT&T what kind of contract you have to have. Cox......NO CONTRACTS! Or check with the above-mentioned how much they charge for HBO or any other premium channel. At least 20-30 percent more than Cox!! And if like me, you bundle your services, they do give a substantial discount. Have you called AT&T's customer service lately? Inept, uncaring, and useless!

There will always be people that feel the need to complain month after month after month about prices and bills, etc. These are the people who do not know the meaning of the word accountable. The ones that don't take the time to read their bills or ask the appropriate questions when purchasing services. The ones who blame Cox that their service is interrupted because their bill is 4 months past due and they say "I never got a bill" or "Nobody told me". PAHLEESEEE! I know for a fact that if a person needs some help paying their bill and they call, Cox is not judgmental, will set up payment arrangements and assist as much as humanly possible.

The only catch....if you're the customer, you NEED TO CALL! I'm sure no one is thinking "Oh 4 months passed by, my cable, internet and phone is free because I didn't get a bill". LOL. Did you know on their website you can view up to 18 months of your billing? Sure they're not perfect and mistakes are made. But I can tell you from personal experience, they will NOT let anyone fall through the cracks. They have an acronym (FOAV) Focus on Added Value and they mean it! For over 5 years they have won JD Powers Customer Service Awards and get this, for the last 4 years they beat out AT&T, winning JD Powers best phone service awards!!

For those who have legitimate issues (as some of us do with any company) they will work with you until its resolved. For the rest of you who whine, complain, threaten to go elsewhere, don't take responsibility for your bills and just want to badmouth someone, take a good look in the mirror because wherever you go, you will blame the next company and the next until no one will have you. I have never done this before on a website but in a world where people have no problem complaining, I wanted to say something nice for a change. I only wish they had cell phone service so I could get rid of the WORST company I've ever dealt with (Sprint).

Thanks Cox for being a local trusted provider, for going the extra mile for your customers, for contributing so much to the community and our kids (Cox Kids Foundation), caring about San Diego teachers and continuing to provide the most current great entertainment!

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Consumer runaround with fraudulent charges
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PHOENIX, ARIZONA -- My problems with Cox Communications started on Aug. 15, 2006 when I thought I would be saving money bundling my services with Cox. Per the advertisement, phone, internet, and cable would cost just $99 per month. So I ordered all three. Cable and internet was to be installed on Aug. 17 and telephone on Aug. 18. My previous phone was with Qwest, which Cox was to port the number from Qwest. Aug. 18 I called Qwest to see if the number had been ported over yet; it had not. I called Cox, who informed me that it takes 5-7 business days for phone service that I should have service on the 23rd.

My phone had always worked fine in the past with Qwest. However on the 23rd of Aug., my phone was not receiving calls. On Aug 24 I spoke with ** from Cox who told me they connected service on the 23rd. When I asked her if the number was ported properly from Qwest, she told me there were no notes written regarding the port. Later on that day I spoke with ** from Cox. I informed her of the problem and she said it would be fixed by 7:00 pm the next day.

On the 26th my phone still was not working; I called Qwest to see if there was an order from Cox to disconnect service. Per ** at Qwest, my service was active and there was no pending orders to disconnect. Also on the 26th I spoke to ** from Cox, who informed me that the port was not complete and will call me back when completed. At that time I let ** know that I had spoken to Qwest and there was no pending order to port the number. I never heard back from **.

To make a long story short, this went on for the remainder of the month. In the meantime I had received my bill from Cox for the internet and TV only a week after installation; the bill was due by Sept. 11. Finally, on Aug. 29, I was transferred to Cox's Expeditious Dept. where I spoke with someone named **, who assured me that the problem would be fixed for sure. He would call me back when it was fixed. Of course I never heard from him. Because I was not receiving incoming calls, I called Qwest, who claimed that my service was active with them. So Qwest comes out and disconnect the line from Cox and puts it back on their line.

What a mess this is!!!! I didn't even want to deal with it anymore. On Sept. 11, after paying my Cox bill online, I get a message there was still $17.98 balance. I call Cox - "Oh, its for your phone service." I explained to ** the problems I had been having getting my phone service. At that time ** informed me that my phone number xxx-xxx-xxxx was now working. My mouth went open and I gasped. The phone number he had mentioned wasn't even my phone number. Apparently what they did to cover their a** was to change the phone number without my permission and then charge me for that service. I called the number and it rings somewhere in space.

Anyway, a few weeks later, I get another bill for $188 - I just about hit the ceiling. I looked through the bill and of course they were trying to charge me over $80 for phone service I didn't have with them. I immediately called and the person I spoke with made adjustments to my bill and told me to pay only $72.xx so I did. Unfortunately a couple weeks later I get a bill with a past due amount of $74.xx along with current charges that says pay immediately. So once again I call, and argued for almost two hours with the rep that I didn't owe this money. He told me the rep who was supposed to adjust my bill by $80 some dollars was not approved to do so.

After arguing my case for two hours, I finally got them to drop the charges for service I don't have. After this incident I disconnected all my service with Cox and went back to Qwest and returned the cable box I had rented back to Cox. But it was not over yet. I received another bill saying that I owed $300 and some dollars. I gave it time because they didn't show the credit for the returned box. Today I called Cox to make sure there wasn't anything I owed. I should have figured, they are saying that I still owe $64 for past due charges.

I have paid all my bills (I only had service - internet and TV - from Aug. 17 through Oct. 19); that's a total of 2 months. The two months I had cable and internet I paid for on time. I'm not about to pay for phone service I never had with Cox. At this point the rep filled out an action form to dispute the charges. Most likely this will have to be sent to the Corporation Commission.

There was a lot of fraudulent activity going on. From what I have read from other consumers, Cox should not be in business. They do not care about the consumer. I was told by one rep that even though I signed up for the bundled discount, they were raising the prices the next month. What Cox does is false advertising to reel in the consumer, but once you're in, they raise the prices after a month. Someone has got to stop them.

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A Dying Relative Missed a Payment. Cox Continued to Add Late Charges After Being Notified of the Death.
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Rating: 1/51

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA -- Mary ** missed a payment on her phone bill because she was dying, Cox immediately added late charges. I talked to customer service twice, asking them to send the bill up to the time of her death, and to waive the late charges. They continued to send a bill with late charges. I then sent a letter asking the same. Cox then turned the account over to a collection agency. This has to be the lowest of the lows for Cox to act this way.

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Price
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Rating: 1/51

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- We had a price lock agreement and the next month they raised our bill around five dollars. We called and told them we had an agreement and was told there is nothing we can do. They had also told me it would be cheaper to go through them for our phone and we would have all the same features, but we did not and it cost us to add caller Id which brought our bill up to what we were paying with another company, but we still don't have all the features we had before.

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Digital Phone Service Complaint
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Rating: 1/51

TUCSON, ARIZONA -- Signed up for a bundle with Cox to do Internet, TV and Phone. TV is just so-so, the internet service is great, but I'm dropping them ALL because of the horrid service on the telephone service! When I signed up I told the representative I wanted just basic phone service with no long distance, no added features, only the ability to make local calls. They SAID that's what they had set up for me. My first bill comes in with long distance charges, so I called them. The CSR said that they would put a block on all long distance, all operated assist calls, and all collect calls. They did issue a credit for the calls billed.

My next bill comes in and again, charges for long distance and collect calls (that none of us accepted!) Called them again, was told that they would ensure the block was working and again got a credit for the long distance calls. Next bill: $500 dollars in long distance and collect calls! Called them again, the customer service representative said she's going to contact tech support and find out why the block isn't working and that she would transfer me to billing to get the calls credited. The billing CSR replied with "we don't block calls and we don't credit for them."

I called corporate headquarters in Atlanta. Once again they promised that they'll get the block working, they also promised that the calls would be credited. They also said that the CSR who told me that they can't block calls, and don't credit for them was in error, but she also explained something else that I was not aware of: the way their system is set up, if you have an answering machine and it picks up, you WILL be charged for the collect calls placed to your number!

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Lack of Disclosure
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PHOENIX, ARIZONA -- Sure, it sounds like a good idea. Switch to Cox Digital Telephone and save tons of money on your phone bills each month. They don't tell you even 1/3 of the story during the sales pitch. I ended up having to buy all the services I needed one by one, and at the end of the day, I saved only about $20 per month. If you take into account the time and aggravation of dealing with their deceptive sales pitches, I actually lost money. I agreed to switch to Cox after months of calls. I told the sales representative that I currently had 3-way calling, call forwarding, voice mail; the whole works for $52-ish per month. He told me that Cox could give me excellent service for $12 ish per month.

I agreed, the installation guy arrived, installed the phone, and left me materials on how to set up voice mail, call forwarding, etc. I tried and couldn't do it. I called Cox for help--turns out, all I received for $12 per month is a phone line. No voice mail, no call waiting, no 3-way calling, even though Cox gave me instructions on how to set up all of these services. To upgrade cost $20 per month. Still less than my former provider, so I agreed. Then I tried to make a long-distance call, with no luck. I called Cox again. Turns out that to have a phone line that will permit long distance calls, at $.5 per minute, costs another $1.99 per month.

Still less, so I agreed and the call was disconnected twice during the call. The time I have spent messing with this isn't worth the $275 I would save by switching or the aggravation of dealing with Cox on this. I would have purchased the whole package right up front if the salesperson had offered it to me. I asked Cox if there was something in writing where I could see what I was getting for the cost. The customer service representative said, "Yes, your bill." So, only after you purchase the service can you actually find out, in writing, what is included. Absolutely ridiculous, and, in my opinion, deceptive. DON'T BUY THIS.

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ZPDI false charges on my Cox telephone bill
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PHOENX, ARIZONA -- My Oct. 2007 Cox Communications telephone bill listed ZPDI toll charges. $50+ dollars total. The number I was supposed to have called was a LOCAL number for me. I called ZPDI (Google them for many ripoff reports) and they told me they had NO record of my number or the called number. I then called Cox and they said there was nothing they could do as the charges came from ZPDI and I should contact them.

I called ZPDI again and they said it was a problem with Cox and not them. I called Cox again and told them since I spent $160 a month with them (ISP, TV, Telephone) they should reverse the ZPDI charges. They refused to do so and told me I needed to contact ZPDI to straighten it out and HAD to pay the full amount of my bill. I asked to speak to a supervisor and got nowhere. I then asked to speak to the supervisor of the supervisor and told him I was a good customer and Cox should reverse the charges.

This last person said they would issue a "form" to ZPDI and ask about the charges. I asked why Cox didn't just do that in the first place and save me hours of aggravation; he didn't answer me. He said Cox would not reverse the ZPDI charges but since my bill wasn't due for three weeks, the problem should be corrected before I paid.

I called Cox two days before my bill was due and they said they had received word that there was some kind of computer glitch and hundreds of people receive false ZPDI charges so I would receive a reversal of the $50+ false telephone toll charges. I assumed the matter was closed so paid my normal amount of $160. Several days later I receive a call from Cox telling me I was late and to immediately pay the balance.

I asked what happened to the ZPDI charges and they said it might take a couple of months for a credit to show up on my bill. If I didn't pay the false charges then my telephone service would be cutoff. I paid so now we will see if the credit shows up in the next two months. Cox says they are "Your friend in the digital age." What a joke!!!

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Don't Buy Cox Digital Phone Service
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Just wanted to inform as many people as possible as to some of the problems that Cox Communication does not disclose to you when selling you digital phone service. (1) Originally I paid to have one digital phone line installed and paid additional monies for this service "distinct ring/tone fax"...a service they continued to charge me for although I informed them I did not work and it never did. Their answer was to blame HP for its distinct ring software etc...the typical pass the buck once you are on the hook for the service.

(2) Since I could not receive faxes, I was forced to pay for what I thought was a dedicated second line and also pay to install a second RJ11 outlet, despite paying for a second line. Cox Communication really only ran it off one line (I am not a computer expert but I assume it must be to save bandwidth and be lazy about running a true second line) even though the modem is set up for a second line 3.

Unfortunately I value safety and I wanted to have home security installed and now found out that Cox Communication will just run it all to the modem through one line although the modem can handle 1/2 or 2 lines separate. When I complained that had Cox Communication run the second line as the modem is also set up to do, I was met with nothing but resistance. I told that nothing was wrong with their service, and I would likely have to pay for a service tech to come out. Read this!!!

Most importantly...I would gladly opt to discontinue my service with Cox Communications. But I was also informed that I would not be able "port" or keep either my phone number or my fax number if I switch to analog phone service. So if you are running a home business or would like to keep your number, I would suggest getting phone service elsewhere or you will be trapped like me!!!!

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Unfair
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Rating: 1/51

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA -- Cox Communications keeps raising its prices every month. I called them & removed a service to save a couple of dollars. When I checked my bill a couple of months later they had raised the fee on phone to make up for what I had reduced. I called again & they agreed to drop the price for a few months, when the regular price was reinstated, they just upped the price by quite a bit more again to make up for what little I had saved. They are so unfair and unwilling to work with you. I have been with them for 19 years, I think my only alternative now is to switch.

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No Unpaid Solution for Harassing Calls with Cox Phone
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Somehow a couple of criminals obtained my phone number; one of them is identifiable as a scammer on Google by searching his phone number (yes, they were dumb enough to give their numbers to me). One caller - this one from Los Angeles - claimed to be from Publishers Clearing House, informing me that I had won over $700,000. The other caller - Washington, DC - stated that I "had been trying to claim" an award for $700,000 and he wanted to help me receive it. Apparently $700,000 is the minimum that you win these days.

I reported this duo to the FCC, but they kept calling; I understand that the FCC can take up to a month to handle any reported issues. I called Cox and asked them to block these two numbers, and was informed that I could do that for a fee of somewhat over $3/month. I asked the Cox representative which other unlawful nuisances I had the privilege of stopping for a fee. Cox then stated that I could pay for the number block for a month, and then drop it; however, if the Feds still hadn't acted, the calls would resume. I was further told that this was all that Cox could do for me.

A third caller contacted me, and he hung up after I told him that I was reporting all such calls to the Federal Government. Hopefully that approach will work, because Cox won't help you at all with nuisance or harassing calls unless you open up your wallet. Pros: excellent cable and phone service quality. Cons: don't ever become a victim; Cox will make you a poorer one; hidden fees a specialty!

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