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bm
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5 months ago

Cox Gigablast over copper

Hello all ive had cox Gigablast for like 7 years now over copper wire even though they pulled fiber past my backyard before i got gigablast service  apparently they claim licensing issues with my local city government. i ve had sporadic svc issue off and on throughout the whole time. Now 2 weeks ago cox took the internet svc down for a 6 hour unannounced maintenance period. Since that maintenance period my svc locks up and i get kicked off line any where between 2 -5 times an hour. When i first reported this to telephone support they did the let me reboot your modem because when the incident happened on my end i actually had to unplug and replug  the modem. then they tried to get me to go to panoramic wifi which i dont need as i have an asus wireless router that is 802.11ac. they then statyed that my arris emta T3402a modem was outdated. It is the modem ive been renting from cox since 2017. When i logged into the modem i found that all of my disconnects happened when it failed a time sync connection.  I then went to the Cox store and got a new TM3402a modem. Now the ne2w modem keeps kicking me offlone even thought it stays connected.  It now shows errors of changing profiles US profile assignment change. US Chan ID: 6; Previous Profile: 12; New Profile and now also time sync failures. heren is a shot of my channel info

As far as i know the 6dBmV difference and the high uncorrectables vs corrected indicates line errors of signal issues. I have tried to get a tech out but it seems cox always says they see no problem when the tech call center in manila runs there test. Anybody else have theese issues

  • bm's avatar
    bm
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    Ok so now as an update to this little fiasco ive had 5 tech visits trying to solve internet issues . The second to last tech came out and said there is ingress on the line and that the signal has 6-9 dBmV drop on the line from the node 3 houses down from me, which with lot size here that is about 135 to 150 feet and that they need to rerun the cable to my house. He put in a power amp using my outlet to increase the signal power and said he had to place a work order to have the line reran. Well within two days the power amp kept tripping the gfci outlet and no power to amp meant no signal no internet. This was after the tec drove to the wrong house and closed the ticket without ever coming to my place. I had to call cox customer support and their shift supervisor got involved to install it. so again a 5th tec came out to replace the power amp. while talking to him e stated that there was no work order to replace line so had had to rerun tests to vary the power drop was a line issue and not a port issue in the network hub. he left and stated he would have the work order issuedits now been over a month and no repairs yet on the line how do i know simple cuz they couldnt find where it was supposed to be in my yard  since it was installed 29 years ago underground. So know ive got this.

    yeah thats 396 billion plus octets on channel 13 and 706 million on channel 27 the rest of the channels are like 18-51 million octets. I've 26 profile changes on my modem and and 18 no ranging response T3 timeouts in 16 days each one of which locks me out of my modem and closes me out from real time gaming movies and causes me to restart my vpn all this for 170 dollars amonth for unlimited useless 1 gig gigablast

    • DustinP's avatar
      DustinP
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      Hello bm,
      When you have a moment, could you email us at Cox.Help@cox.com with your name, complete address, and the URL link to this forum comment you've shared here? We can help investigate this further to be sure we are working on solutions since this last visit. I know this issue is making it difficult to accomplish much of anything online at home.
       

  • bm's avatar
    bm
    New Contributor

    so the subdivision i live in in almost 30 years old so maybe its time cox comes out and does some infrastructure work they pulled fiber pat my backyard about 10 years ago but apparently i cant get in my area 

  • bm's avatar
    bm
    New Contributor

    ok so after 3 visits from cox techs one of which was here for a whopping 7 minutes between supposedly calling to notify they were here  one hour and 42 minutes into my window and cancelling the ticket they reworked all connections in outside supply box on my house replaced connectors  replaced a section of coax that transitions underground swapped out the arris tm3402a im still getting streaming freezes on gigablast service and disconnects here is the modem stats from the last 37 hours

    ive now got  increase of about 6dBmV on the channels and a loss of 7dB in the snr and still getting errors 4 No Ranging Response received - T3 time-out 6  US profile assignment change. 3 CM-STATUS message sent. Event Type Code: 16  and 4 CM-STATUS message sent. Event Type Code: 24

  • Hi bm,

     

     

    I'm sorry you've been having this experience. Looking at your log, I'm in agreement. SNR and all is looking fine, but those errors and slight power adjustments need to be looked into. I would advise the basics like checking to ensure the connections are tight and bypassing any visible splitters between the modem and cable outlet. If you've already completed those steps, I would recommend a tech visit. If you would like to arrange that or need further assistance, please email me at cox.help@cox.com.

     

     

    Thank you. 

    • FlailingForma's avatar
      FlailingForma
      New Contributor II

      How is it that each time a complaint like this arises it's on the customer to address and then pay for the services of repair when it's the fault of Cox that the infrastructure isn't maintained?

      • NicholeC's avatar
        NicholeC
        Moderator

        Hi FlailingForma,

         

         

        When an issue is reported, we will troubleshoot as best as possible. Sometimes, a service call is necessary. Any issues with Cox equipment or signal delivery would not be chargeable. Please note that the purpose of the forums is for customers to troubleshoot and assist one another with Cox services. If you have any concerns, please feel free to email our team at cox.help@cox.com 

  • thehumangerm's avatar
    thehumangerm
    New Contributor III

    File an FCC complaint. They don't respect their customers. They only listen to the threat of FCC fines. They are a monopoly and have no reason to care. The will have someone with more authority contact you.

  • bm's avatar
    bm
    New Contributor

    Oops forgot o add when i run speed test to cox phoenix it can be anywhere from 450-750Mbps download and i'm getting  15-25Mbps. Yes i know the downoads are slow but right now that could be all the traffic on my wireless network with streaming videos but the upload speed is nowhere near what it should be since COX has upped it to 100Mbps as i said earlier this all has rapidly degraded in the last 2 weeks since so called maintenance in my area