Cox Gigablast
Brian Cluff
brian at snaptek.com
Sun Nov 19 16:31:42 MST 2017
Wow... so they are literally selling you a connection that you can
exceed your monthly allowance in a little over 15 minutes of use if you
could find a service that would saturate your connection.
LAME!
Brian Cluff
On 11/19/2017 03:26 PM, Stephen Partington wrote:
> Wow. Looks like they did change it right after I got it.
>
> https://www.cox.com/aboutus/policies/speeds-and-data-plans.html?zip=85228
>
> On Nov 19, 2017 12:48 PM, "Jerry Snitselaar" <dev at snitselaar.org
> <mailto:dev at snitselaar.org>> wrote:
>
> On Sun Nov 19 17, Stephen Partington wrote:
>
> Last I read gigablast was 2t not 1.
>
>
> What it shows on the page for services and offers is 1024gb. Could
> be a typo,
> but the offer details page also said all plans offer 1024gb data.
> Will find
> out when I call. :) Would be nice if it was 2t, that would mean I
> could drop
> the $30 I pay for the extra 500gb cushion each month, and
> basically pay what
> I'm paying now to get gigablast. I do think I remember seeing
> something at
> one point where it was 2t, but that was a while ago.
>
>
>
> On Nov 19, 2017 12:05 PM, <dev at snitselaar.org
> <mailto:dev at snitselaar.org>> wrote:
>
> On Sat Nov 18 17, Stephen Partington wrote:
>
> This is what i had before gig. And the service was great.
> But i use way
> more than 1t of data in a month. So gig was actually a
> savings.
>
>
> They have capped new gigablast subscribers with the 1tb limit
> unfortunately.
> If you had it prior to late Sept, then you continue to get the
> unlimited
> data.
>
>
>
> On Nov 18, 2017 4:38 PM, <celticgeek at celticgeek.com
> <mailto:celticgeek at celticgeek.com>> wrote:
>
>
> I am using Cox Communications "Ultimate" package. 300
> Mbps download, 30
>
> Mbps upload, with measured values usually 5 to 10
> percent above those
> values. Also I get 1 Tbyte usage per month. the
> price is $100 per month.
> I am very pleased with this service.
>
>
>
>
> --------- Original Message ---------
> Subject: Re: Cox Gigablast
> From: "Eric Oyen" <eric.oyen at icloud.com
> <mailto:eric.oyen at icloud.com>>
> Date: 11/18/17 10:48 am
> To: "Main PLUG discussion list"
> <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org
> <mailto:plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org>>
>
> let me dig up the sales number for cox business.
>
> I couldn't find the phone number directly, but there
> is this site here:
> https://www.cox.com/business/contact-us/contact-sales.html
> <https://www.cox.com/business/contact-us/contact-sales.html>
>
> I just called them through their residential number.
> they gave me this
> number for direct contact: 800-529-5118
> <tel:800-529-5118> <(800)%20529-5118>
>
>
>
> hope this helps.
>
> btw, I am on cox business premier service. it's 50
> mbits/11 mbits for only
> $79 monthly. I also use chrome cast here from youtube
> tv for about $35 a
> month. so, I am definitely spending over $140 less
> than I would be for
> residential service (including tv).
>
> hope this helps.
>
> Eric Oyen
> From the central offices of the Technomage Guild,
> Support Referrals Dept.
> On Nov 18, 2017, at 10:33 AM, Snyder, Alexander J wrote:
>
> I think I'll take you up on that. Any information on
> how I get to the
> promised land would be very welcome!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Thanks,
> Alex.
>
> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S8+
>
> On Nov 18, 2017 10:20, "Eric Oyen"
> <eric.oyen at icloud.com <mailto:eric.oyen at icloud.com>>
> wrote:
>
> you might have to call cox business and speak to Jame
> Hidalgo. He is my
>
> contact over there. btw, business class internet
> doesn't suffer from the
> hard cap that you got charged for this last time
> out. they might even
> have
> access to the fiber that you want.
>
> now, sure, most of the tier 1 droids at
> residential customer service are
> good people. However, anyone who has ever worked a
> CSr desk knows that
> they
> all have to run from a script.
>
> anyway, if you call Jame Hidalgo at cox business,
> please tell him who
> referred you.
>
> Eric OYen
> from the central office of the Technomage Guild,
> Internet services
> referrals Dept.
>
> On Nov 18, 2017, at 7:44 AM,
> techlists at phpcoderusa.com
> <mailto:techlists at phpcoderusa.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Asked for a supervisor.
>
>
>
>
> On 2017-11-17 12:38, Snyder, Alexander J wrote:
>
> Kind of irritated by this ...
>
> Cox lays fiber in my subdivision, has the service
> trucks wrapped in
> "Gigablast" vinyl adverts ...
>
> Service folk gladly sharing that "it's for
> gigablast" ...
>
> I did my giddy dance, nerdgasm, the whole 9 yards ...
> #ShutUpAndTakeMyMoney
>
> I called them each week and spoke to customer
> service folks that seemed
> to be less informed than the guy last week ...
>
> Bro ... that was 6 months ago. >:-(
>
> The only major development was Cox billing me for
> going over 1TB a
> bandwidth a month.
>
> Friends in Auhtukee and Glendale have it, and are
> quite happy with it.
> Why can't I have this happiness?
>
> Sincerely,
> AloneAndHopless ...
>
> ;-)
>
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Alex.
>
> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S8+
>
> On Nov 17, 2017 12:13, "Jerry Snitselaar"
> <dev at snitselaar.org <mailto:dev at snitselaar.org>>
> wrote:
>
> Anyone using this service? It looks like it
> finally arrived in our
>
> neighborhood. I'd prefer to try Google Fiber,
> but that seems to be
> dead in the valley since their competitors
> complained about the deals
> they were able to make with the cities. So
> tempted to upgrade to this.
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