Cox Communications

Time Warner Cable, Cox Talk Swaps, Alliance

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:28:55 -0400

Full article: Reuters
Yinka Adegoke and Soyoung Kim
Time Warner Cable and privately-held Cox Communications have held early talks to swap cable systems in California and also broached the idea of a broader alliance. The early-stage talks between the two companies were aimed at competing better against larger rival Comcast, which is buying NBC Universal.

TWC, Cox Should Pull 'Fiber Optic' Claims: Ad Group

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 05 May 2010 10:46:02 -0400

Full article: Multichannel News
Todd Spangler
Time Warner Cable and Cox Communications should stop describing their hybrid fiber-coax networks as "fiber optic networks" in their marketing, the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus said.

Cox Launches 50 Mbps Service in Lafayette

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:14:38 -0400

Full article: Broadband Reports
Karl Bode
Cox Communications has launched their first DOCSIS 3.0 service tier in Lafayette, La. Ultimately, users may still find their speedy 50 Mbps connection throttled under Cox's new network management plan. The tier also won't be of much use for P2P pirates, since Cox is the only major carrier booting copyright abusers.

Cox Communications Testing Internet Traffic Prioritization

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:07:53 -0400

Full article: Morning News
Lana Flowers
Cox Communications customers trying to upload files may notice slower speeds as the provider conducts a test in Arkansas and Kansas. Cox will prioritize Internet traffic speeds in times of peak congestion.

Cox Testing System in State to Prioritize Peak-Time Net Use

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:24:37 -0500

Full article: Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Stacey Roberts
Cox Communications will test a new way to keep Internet subscribers' service from backing up during peak demand times in Arkansas and Kansas.

Cox Cable Delaying Traffic: Comcast Revisited?

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:29:08 -0500

Full article: Vuze Blog
Jay Monahan
Cox Cable has announced that they'll be taking steps to classify different types of Internet traffic as "time-sensitive," and may delay certain traffic deemed "non-time-sensitive." Squarely on the list of non-time-sensitive is all traffic using peer-to-peer protocols. That includes all bittorrent applications.

More Ghosts in the Machine

Holiday Shapiro — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:54:27 -0500

Full article: SavetheInternet.com
Tim Karr
Cox Communications, the nation's third-largest cable company, has unveiled a plan to monitor and slow Internet content it deems unimportant. With this news, Cox joins the ranks of other Internet providers willing to tempt legal fate by getting between customers and their access to the free-flowing Web.

Hey, Cox: Stop Trying to Play God with the Internet

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:49:41 -0500

Full article: PC World
J.R. Raphael
Cox Communications has revealed a new bandwidth management plan in which it will rank the importance of different kinds of Internet use, then limit the bandwidth of "low-priority" actions when its network gets congested. Is it just me, or is the trend of ISPs announcing God-like policies starting to get old?

Cable Giant to Throttle P2P

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:46:12 -0500

Full article: Register
Cade Metz
Cox Communications is on the verge of testing new network technology that will fast-track certain "time-sensitive" internet traffic during periods of congestion. This also means that "less time-sensitive traffic" will be slow-tracked.

Cox to Test New Network Management Practice

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:29:06 -0500

Full article: xchange
Kelly M. Teal
Cox Communications is taking heat for its newly announced Internet management practices, which it soon will trial in parts of Kansas and Arkansas. The nation’s third-largest cable operator released a disclosure statement that outlined "a new method of managing traffic on our high-speed Internet network."