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Dammitjim
New Contributor II
5 years ago

Intermittent disconnects with new service, slow speeds overall - SB8200 in Omaha area

I started service 2 weeks ago when we moved into my new house in an Omaha suburb. Previous owner had Cox (looked like a business modem, but was ~12 years old). I'm paying for 500Mb package but we r...
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    Dammitjim
    5 years ago

    Update: I have no idea what was done, but 13 days ago the intermittent drops stopped and I have had continuous connection.

    Within a day or two of this happening, I moved my modem and router to more permanent locations in my utility room which required me to unplug both from power and the ethernet cable between them. I do not believe this had any effect on the issue I was having.

    I did see teams of trucks working on some kind of buried cables in ditches near my house (1/4 mile away) but they had been gone for a week or two before the issue dissipated. They did not have obvious Cox logos on their trucks.

    I'm guessing my issue was node oversubscribed, and it was resolved by upgrading and splitting nodes near me, but Cox has not confirmed the issue or the resolution. As I described before, they were not willing to give me more information, add me to the "escalated ticket for my area," provide advanced troubleshooting or anything else beyond confirming my issue description matched an existing escalated ticket and "they hoped to have it fixed soon."

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Mike_Hobbs
New Contributor II
5 years ago

I am experiencing the same issue. Started about 6 weeks ago. Drops connection 4-6 times per day. I can reset modem via the cox app and it works for a while. Can unplug and plug back in the modem and it works for a while.. Have waited for tech support on phone for 4hours. I have waited on the chat feature for 2 hours.

No one can resolve my issue. One tech blamed it on my modem, Motorola MB8600 DOCSIS3.1. Motorola checked it no issue. Another tech blamed it on overuse from users during pandemic and all working from home. One said trouble in my area and would be resolved next day. I 'm just beyond frustrated paying $175 month for tv/internet and cant stay connected especially since my security cameras are IP based.

If many users are experiencing this, Cox should correct it or compensate us. This could be a class action arbitration if enough customers get upset and want to push the issue and lawyers get involved