Darkatt,
Thank you for your reply. My problem is an inconsistent connection from Cox with the service being turned off for several hours on multiple occasions over the past couple of months. Even though I signed up for text messages when the service is down Cox did not send them. This was all spelled out in my prior post which the Cox moderator turned off replies to. Isn't that interesting that Cox does not want to hear from other customers about their service outage issue. As long as you asked I have been using a netgear modem and router, two components, both approved by Cox. However, these are not the problem as verified by Cox customer service personnel. It's the outside the home Cox network that has been inconsistent and unreliable.
Gratitude - Jim