cableguy82
@cox.net
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the (above) really makes me feel warm inside.. i too started with @home cruzin at around 512kbps/128 and can say that the dropping of @home was probably the greatest thing that ever happened to this company. because in my area it seemed that in the process of upgrading we were required to change the wonderful static ip settings almost monthy...
then cox enterprizes took full affect:
-no more: leasing IP addresses, no more static ips,
-full dhcp is awesome.
-I run at premiere and find myself cruzing the speakeasy speed test at 24-25mbps on average. but i have noticed a marked difference when i am on the phone since the phone line for COX Phone runs through my awesome little EMTA Modem with the rest of my home network.
-oh and its 5.50 to rent a reciever, Cox no longer rents modems because as you said they now only cost like 50 bux. so if you are renting... STOP!
-latency? i cant say that i've noticed any real problems. I host servers up to 16 players for halo all the time, no problems and my machines play wow beautifully. your latency most likely a result of carrier noise in the return loop. i suspect the neighborhood you live in is part of an older system or at least you may be farther away from the SDC (or where eevr you Main tele. center is) than other people. if the problem gets worse call them. these problems can abound from ingress/egress, in an older and weathered drop to the house or perhaps a failing or backed up node for your neighborhood.
-The TV is great: full 1080 hd channels that actually have HD on all the time instead of during peak hours like satellite: only thing is lock up your DVR because aparently Motorolla cannot keep up with the demand for boxes and the service centers have them on backorder ;(
-our main competition in this area is verizon but i really dont know how they intend to stay with it being that we are adding like 15 new HD channels this spring and they cant afford to put their fiber in the gound much less train their people on how to do it without cutting under ground Cox lines (gooooooo verizon....) im reading that they are selling off a lot of their North east systems to put some money in the bank.
... who knows what the future holds... |
