Any recommendations for alternative to Cox internet?

[Suburbazine]

For why?

Sounds like wardriving with a high gain antenna.

 

[Nomad.2nd]

Sounds like wardriving with a high gain antenna.

Please pretend you were talking to a small child, or someone in their 80's who didn't mess with technology.


(I have no idea what that means)

 

[Suburbazine]

Sounds like someone is using a wireless card on a laptop that supports external antennas. This would allow one to borrow open wireless internet from nearby homes/businesses for free.

 

[Nomad.2nd]

Thank you

 

[JCU]

Ended up with Cox again.. It is the only thing that is affordable enough for me. I had to spend a couple hours with them on the phone to get it working initially, and since the process didn't run smoothly and I was returning after not being satisfied, they gave me 50% off for the first 6 months and no contract. So as long as it continues to work (knock on wood), I'll be pleased.

Thanks all for the input. Hopefully AT&T Uverse spreads and Google Fiber catches on so there is competition aside from mobile hotspots and overpriced DSL (everywhere i looked had less than 1/2 the speed for more expensive).

 

[JCU]

Less than 24 hours went by before the internet stopped working and I had to spend several hours on the phone with them, all to result in a tech coming tomorrow. They also tried to charge me $60 for the tech visit, but I spoke to the supervisor and told him to send a tech at no charge or cancel my services immediately. He decided to waive the charge. I unscrewed the plate on my wall and found a splitter in right inside to split me and my neighbor's wire from wherever it is coming from. I hooked my modem directly to that splitter and managed to get it working temporarily... Cox is a nightmare.

 

[Suburbazine]

Less than 24 hours went by before the internet stopped working and I had to spend several hours on the phone with them, all to result in a tech coming tomorrow. They also tried to charge me $60 for the tech visit, but I spoke to the supervisor and told him to send a tech at no charge or cancel my services immediately. He decided to waive the charge. I unscrewed the plate on my wall and found a splitter in right inside to split me and my neighbor's wire from wherever it is coming from. I hooked my modem directly to that splitter and managed to get it working temporarily... Cox is a nightmare.

Ok, what would be helpful for you to do is to go to http://192.168.100.1/ and copy-paste the signal information from the signal status page, then copy-paste the service log from the logging page. If I can see both your up and your downstream signals I can give you some insight on how to handle Cox (the residential techs are not as savvy as the field techs)

 

[Tigerfish]

Sounds more like a neighbor stealing cable than a Cox issue....just saying

 

[Suburbazine]

Sounds more like a neighbor stealing cable than a Cox issue....just saying

You can't steal Cox cable. Well, not that you can't, but 99.99% of the people who would can't get their paws on the technology to do so. Most likely a Cox tech decided that splitting the wire there would result in less signal loss for both apartments, rather than splitting it 100' away.

 

[Nomad.2nd]

Your doing it wrong.


Any time I have to "deal with" cell phone companies etc... They pay ME!
(not as much as my times worth.... But something)

 

[Vermiform]

Your doing it wrong.


Any time I have to "deal with" cell phone companies etc... They pay ME!
(not as much as my times worth.... But something)

Ok, I'll bite. Please elaborate.

 

[Suburbazine]

Ok, I'll bite. Please elaborate.

I didn't bite because I figured he simply meant he chewed on someone's ass until he got a small discount.

 

[JCU]

Tech came out and determined that it is probably because the wiring is old. Someone is coming out tomorrow to run a new wire directly from the box outside to my apartment. Of course, they aren't charging me for this, and they claim that this will fix every issue. If this doesn't fix it, the only possible answer is that cox is literally not sending signal here for a period of time on a daily basis, as everything will be brand new all the way from the box to the modem. They claim the box outside has been replaced within the past couple of years, and is new and functioning properly.

 

[Tigerfish]

You can't steal Cox cable. Well, not that you can't, but 99.99% of the people who would can't get their paws on the technology to do so. Most likely a Cox tech decided that splitting the wire there would result in less signal loss for both apartments, rather than splitting it 100' away.

If apartment 109 is paying for cable and someone installs a splitter directing a coax cable into apartment 110, then apartment 110 is in fact stealing cable service because Cox should be receiving payment for two accounts.

 

[Suburbazine]

Cox has basic analog cable channels which they don't care about people viewing. The main services are digital and require an account tied to a Motorola decoding card to function.