My Insane data usage solved!!!
Just wanted to take a moment and post for other cox subscribers out there that may have an issue with reaching the 1TB data cap. Recently I went over my 1Tb, I had never came close to this amount. For the life of me swore we actually used less internet than the previous months. Well turns out my new Technicolor cgm4140 gateway from cox will pull 300mbps and higher on the 5GHz frequency. This caused my netflix accounts to stream at the highest quality setting because by default it is set to auto quality. This will cause your data usage to go through the roof. I changed my account setting on netflix to medium on main account and low on the other users for that account and for the month of January I have only used HALF of my data. My old gateway would only do between 25mbps to 50mbps so the stream quality was never high and I would see between 300 to 500 Gigs usage. This also applies if you have youtube and other apps that have it set to auto stream your quality. Hopefully this helps with anybody having the high data usage problem I had.29KViews4likes13Comments
Extreme increase in data usage
Since I have renegotiated my price my internet data usage has spiked to more than 2X my previoususage. I added the additional 500GB of data so I wouldn’t go over and now this month I am on trend to use more than the 1TB + 500GB. I’ve changed my network password and name, even factory reset it. No new devices or software are being used. Has anybody else experienced this? I’ve spoken to tech support over the phone and they’ve been utterly useless and suggest I up my plan AGAIN to the unlimited. I feel like Cox is doing this to me on purpose!16KViews0likes12Comments
Class Action Lawsuit for Data Overage Fraud
How many people would be interested in a class action lawsuit against Cox over their fraudulent data overage charges. Personally we had a massive increase last month over any other month with no different usage on our end. There were multiple days when we were out of town and still managed to use 50GB in that time. Customer Service uses the same canned response for everyone. They try to blame it on connected devices (we had none) or someone using our wifi. Their excuses just don't add up. Connected devices wouldn't use more data than days when people are actually home using the devices. And I'm not living next door to some rouge hacker that's capable of breaking my password. Also, if someone was stealing my wifi, why would it spike one month and go down the next? Did they just feel like not using it anymore? It's time that we stand up together and get past their BS responses. Their data reporting is not accurate, so they shouldn't be allowed to charge extra fees for phantom data usage. The only reason they get away with this is because there are no other options in a lot of cities. This can't continue and needs to stop now!4.8KViews1like10Comments
My Data Usage bug
We consistently average around 30 GBs per day, but got notified this morning (21 days into the billing cycle) that we are almost 250 GBs over for the month. After checking My Data Usage, it shows that the average for the first 20 days is consistent, but yesterday (10/03/2020) was 1,090 GBs just for that one day!!! We were outside almost all day, and didn't stream or download any more than a typical day. There is clearly a bug w/ Cox's data usage tracking. See below for images of our daily usage as reported by Cox. Is anyone seeing anything similar? I've already been on chat w/ two level 1 support reps. The first one, "Shireida J.", had no clue what I was talking about, said she would create me a ticket, but after about 20 minutes transferred me to another level 1 support rep (without even telling me). The second one, "Miah D.", verified that a ticket had not been created and had no idea why I was transferred. Current month https://ibb.co/8sQ8Cht Previous month https://ibb.co/ysjvKtX Thank you to anyone who can help.4.6KViews0likes12Comments
Unexplained Data Usage Spikes
I have noticed some very weird spikes in my data usage meter. On November 21st the meter reported I used 1,425GB of data, up from my general average of 10-15GB per day at most. Had to call customer support and have them credit back the $100 in overage charges, as it was clearly an error and I had even remembered that we didn't even stream any television or music that day. The representative mentioned that he had several calls with similar concerns, and that there must have been a bug in the system or something. They also suggested I change my WiFi password, which even though I know the network hadn't been compromised I obliged. Fast forward to today, I notice that it shows on December 13th that we used 182GB which although less is still quite the spike from our general average. Once again, I had obligations that day and wasn't even home most of the day. I wish I had more internal data regarding network traffic but unfortunately I don't. Has anybody else noticed any odd unexplained spikes?3.4KViews0likes6Comments
Can I see usage by device over the course of the month?
I would like to be able to see data usage by device over the course of a month by gb This seems like such a simple thing, but I can not find this info anywhere in my account Seeing what a device used yesterday, as a blue bar without a scale is about useless.3.3KViews0likes1CommentUnstable Internet and Packet Loss (8 Months)
I have been dealing with this issue for coming up on 8 months now. I called back in January about massive packet loss. The rep I spoke to basically said that it could be the modem. I did not believe this to be an issue but decided to look up the modem I had at the time and found out that it had a Puma 6 chipset which can cause issues with online games and other issues, so I decided I might as well replace it anyway. Went out the next day and spent a little over $200 on a new modem. Called and got it updated to my account and still experiencing the same issues. At this time I then start experiencing issues with internet outages and unstable internet connections. Mostly my upload will not be consistent and will eventually just zero out and lose connection but running a speed test will show that I am still getting about 30mbs up. This mostly happened at night until early morning until around 9AM then go back to being mostly fine throughout the day. I call again and they suggest sending a service tech out. The tech comes and tests my hardware and finds no problems but suggested replacing the line in the wall and that could be the issue. Issues is still not resolved. Call again and they send another service tech out and again is not able to replicate issues since they come after the issue clears up. They suggest replacing the line that runs from the house to the box in the front yard. Ok. They replace this and still the issue is happening. I consult with a friend that now lives in Germany that does live streaming for a living and told me that he dealt with this exact same issue before he moved and told me that it is a problem with the node and I will need to keep calling and harassing Cox until they come out and fix it because getting them to escalate anything is a pain. At this time I notice that there have been multiple Cox trucks out in my area by my house just down the street over the months and have had 2 internet outages completely that Cox was aware of. I have had other techs out at least 1 per month at this point. I call Cox again and tell them that I am still experiencing the same issues but now the issue is starting to get worse because it is happening earlier in the day. They tell me again that they need to send another service tech out. I tell them that they have already sent multiple to the house and they never find anything or do anything that makes any difference and want to get this escalated and taken care of and that they need to come look at the node. The rep informs me that the only way that they can get this escalated to someone that can come look at the node is to have 3 service techs out within the same month and that the service tech needs to be the one to escalate it to that point. They schedule the tech to come out again and he says that he does see the packet loss and was working with someone in "engineering"? (I believe that was the department he said) and that he would get this escalated and that they should be reaching out to me within 24-48 hours. 2 Days go by and I have not heard anything from Cox. I call them to get the details on if they have come out and was told that they have come out but wasn't told what they had done. I let a few days go by and still experiencing issues. The internet is worse than ever. My connection is not stable at all. My upload will fluctuate constantly and will eventually 0 out and just give up. Packet loss is worse that ever upwards of 50-60 percent. I call Cox again and ask to speak to a manager. She tries to get me to tell her what is going on but I do not want to have to repeat myself to her then the manager. I then have to tell her what is going on and that I need to get this issue resolved. She sounds like she is consulting with someone on her end since she is pausing a lot and then tells me that she will get the issue escalated with her supervisor's help. 2 more days go by and I don't hear anything from Cox. I call Cox again and demand to speak to a manager. I get to a manager and explain everything that I have been going through. I tell her that I called and was told that my issue was getting escalated and that there should be a ticket for it. The manager tells me that they opened the wrong type of ticket and that the escalation had been cancelled. I do not have her name but this manager was very nice and professional and actually sounded like she knew what she was talking about. She got my issue escalated and scheduled them to come look at the node FINALLY and the tech was out the next day. I even saw the tech and know where the node is now. A week goes by and within this week it seems that everything has been resolved. Some packet loss here and there but Its nothing terrible like it was. Upload was solid as well and no issues. Then all the sudden everything starts coming back. Upload is completely unreliable and unstable. Again the upload will completely zero out and just give up and packet loss is back. The issues I am experiencing are happening all the time now. The packet loss is constantly happening and the upload is never stable. I work from home and upload very large files and do streaming on the side. The files I upload will time out and eventually fail and streaming is constantly dropping frames and will eventually disconnect from Twitch. I call again and inform them that the issue is happening again. I have to explain everything to a rep and am told that they will get my issue escalated. I ask to speak to manager/supervisor. They transfer me over and the supervisor tells me that the previous rep is now getting it escalated and should be here on Monday 7/29/2019 and that I will not have to be home for this. Today is 7/29/2019 and at 6:30PM I have not noticed any Cox truck down my street and they did not leave a thing on my door letting me know that service was done. I call Cox for an update and speak to a rep that informs me that a ticket was open but can not inform me when they will be out and was scheduled for today. I hang up because that is not an acceptable answer. I call again and ask to a supervisor/manager. (I know at this point that Cox's Tier 1 reps are almost worthless and cannot get the information you need for anything you follow up with) The supervisor explains to me that they opened a ticket that will go no where because they are not able to escalate tickets to that department. The rep I spoke with is Brittany 6773. She informed me that to get this properly escalated that she needs to send a service tech out. I tell her I do not want any service techs to come to my house anymore because they do nothing and they typically say they do not see an issue. She informs me that she will re-open the ticket I had before when they came and looked at the node and will follow up with me tomorrow. I am now waiting for this to see if it eventually goes through. My experience with Cox has been completely miserable. It has been 8 months and I am still dealing with the same issues and nothing has been resolved. They have only credited me $100 dollars which doesn't even cover a full month and all I have is internet service. I pay $86 per month and another $50 a month for their unlimited data plan. Which Cox should not be limiting data in the first place. I have been lied to 2 times and have been told that an issue was escalated and will be taken care of to find out that the ticket was escalated to the wrong department. I have had MULTIPLE techs come to my house to do basically nothing because anything they do does not effect the issue in anyway. I have called and had to explain my situation so many times to these reps and supervisors which always try to up sale to a higher plan or a business account which even if I did it is still going through the same node and will still be experiencing the same issues.I have also been told that they can not credit me anything until the work gets done and the issue is resolved which I know they are not going to credit me the last 8 months of the same issue. I am completely at a loss at this point and do not know what else to do to get Cox to fix this issue with the packet loss and unstable connection. I am extremely frustrated and thinking at this point of just switching to Century Link and seeing if their lower speed connection will at least be stable enough for me to use my internet... I have lost so much time and I am sure have cost COX quite a bit of money to have all these techs sent out and take up the time speaking to reps on the phone but they do not seem to care about their customers. I have to deal with someone different every time I call them and explain my situation to them every time. COX has not helped me with my issues with their service and at this point do not believe they will.2.7KViews0likes5CommentsXbox One sucking up data at 5 am??
We have recently moved and chose Cox internet at the new house. Our sons each have an Xbox in their rooms. Each month we have lived here we have gone over on our data usage. I finally found the area in the website where you can see which devices are using the most data. The Xboxes are using TONS of data, but not when the kids are playing. THe graph shows that they are using the data at 5 am and 6 am every morning. (These teenagers are fast asleep at this time.) Can anyone explain this? I found the 'Pause' button for the devices and I will try and pause them when they are not being used, but I don't understand why they would be using all of this DATA!! Our bill has gone form $110 to $180. I have tried to call Cox, but after being on hold for 30 minuted each time and never getting through, I thought i would ask here.2.4KViews0likes11Comments
My Data Usage bug
We consistently average around 30 GBs per day, but got notified this morning (21 days into the billing cycle) that we are almost 250 GBs over for the month. After checking My Data Usage, it shows that the average for the first 20 days is consistent, but yesterday (10/03/2020) was 1,090 GBs just for that one day!!! We were outside almost all day, and didn't stream or download any more than a typical day. There is clearly a bug w/ Cox's data usage tracking. See below for images of our daily usage as reported by Cox. Is anyone seeing anything similar? I've already been on chat w/ two level 1 support reps. The first one, "Shireida J.", had no clue what I was talking about, said she would create me a ticket, but after about 20 minutes transferred me to another level 1 support rep (without even telling me). The second one, "Miah D.", verified that a ticket had not been created and had no idea why I was transferred. Current month https://ibb.co/8sQ8Cht Previous month https://ibb.co/ysjvKtX Thank you to anyone who can help.Can I see usage by device over the course of the month?
I would like to be able to see data usage by device over the course of a month by gb This seems like such a simple thing, but I can not find this info anywhere in my account Seeing what a device used yesterday, as a blue bar without a scale is about useless.