Cox Surveys Consumers

Cox Business, the enterprise department of Cox Cable and Internet recently conducted a survey on consumers shopping and dining habits. What they found isn't that surprising. People like to shop at places that agree with their beliefs.

Some interesting tidbits: while 71% said it was important for businesses they go to "practice diverse and inclusive hiring," less that a third felt it was "significantly meaningful" to support women-owned businesses.

Although the questions were probably phrased differently, over 40% of the respondents felt free high-speed wifi Internet, like Cox provides, was important.

Of course the results were probably framed in a way to promote technology like having high-speed Internet and connected devices. Cox Business Executive Vice President Steve Rowley said "small brick-and-mortar businesses have to rely on technology in order to deliver great shopping and dining experiences that keep consumers coming back."

In addition to business services, Cox Communications provides high-speed Internet, video and smart home services on the residential side too.

Cox Cable Testifies for the Government Against AT&T

Cable TV and Internet provider, Cox Cable, the country's fifth largest cable company is naturally leery of Phone, Internet and video giant AT&T gaining even more strength. AT&T is tryinmg to buy Time Warner and the US Department of Justice is suing to stop it. They have called Cox Communications acquisitions manager Suzanne Fenwick as their first witness to testify about how the $85 billion merger of AT&T and TIme Warner would negatively affect Cox Communmications and other cable and Internet companies.

There has been some discussion of the possibility that President Trump's bickering with Time Wanrer owned CNN may be affecting the opposition of the DoJ to the AT&T/Time Warner.

Attending the first day of the trial was DoJ anti-trust divisiion head Makan Delrahim, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes as well as Cox's Fenwick.

The DoJ contends that AT&T could, through Time Warner ownership, withhold HBO, CNN content from rivals — or make it too expensive. This would drive up competitor's prices thereby making the whole industry less competitive. Customers would likely go to AT&T's DirecTV, if the other video providers didn't have the same choices in programming.

Fenwick said as a video provider, Cox Cable might be forced to agree to a deal with “egregious fees,” to get Time Warner content.

Cox Communications provides Cable TV as well as Internet to several locations around the country. AT&T provides phone service, Internet and video through U-verse TV and DircTV satellite service.

Is Cox Cable Right For You?

You might be wondering if Cox Cable and Internet is right for you. There are a lot of choices for cable and Internet providers in the United States. If you are wondering if you should choose Cox Cable for your Internet and Cable needs check out this website. CableHSI stands for Cable High Speed Internet.

The website doesn't just talk about Cox Cable. It covers all the leading Cable Internet providers in the United States. If you want to find a Cable Internet provider that is right for you check it out.

Cable companies started provide Internet connections when they realized that it was easy since they already had the cables going into houses to provide cable TV. Why not use that cable that was already there to provide Internet. It was a win-win solution. People got fast Internet and the cable company got a happy customer. High-speed Cable Internet is often faster than other types of Internet like dial-up, wireless and DSL.

Cox Cable, (Cox Communications) is a family owned company that was founded in 1962. Cox Cable is the third largest cable company in the US and the fourth largest cable Internet provider.

All Cox Communications Regions Can Get Cox Business Security Solutions

Cox Communications provides voice, cable TV and Internet but did you know they also provide Cox Business Security Solutions? CBSS is available in all Cox Communication regions. CBSS lets business owners effortlessly monitor and protect their businesses from anywhere, at anytime.

Just about any security system can spot intruders, but CBSS gives you video access to the business round the clock. You can access and control of the system from any device be it a smartphone, tablet or computer. How cool is that? And you can get alerts by email and text.


Now you know, Of course Cox Communications provides bundles of voice, Internet and cable TV but they also provide business security.

About Cox Communications

Cox Communications the third largest US cable company and has about 6 million customers providing Cox bundles of digital video, Internet, telephone and home security services over its own nationwide IP network.

Cox Stations Blocked on Frontier

Even though Cox Enterprises, through Cox Communications, provides Internet, Cable TV and phone service, they also own television stations. They own some NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox affiliate stations and some independent stations across the United States through Cox Media Group.

Carriage disputes are when a cable company is reluctant to pay the price that a television station is charging for the right to show the station on a certain cable or satellite network. This is one of the arguments put forth by the Trump administration as an objection to the AT&T Time Warner merger. The Department of Justice is claiming that the merger of AT&T and Time Warner could give AT&T an unfair advantage in carriage agreements since they would own a bunch of channels like HBO, CNN, TCM, TNT, Cartoon Network, Turner Broadcasting, plus Warner Brothers Studios which owns DC Comics. Think Batman and Superman.

Another example of this is Cox Enterprises, who owns Cox Media Group and therefore some TV stations. They also own Cox Communications, a cable and Internet company. Cox Media Group is withholding some of their local stations from Frontier Communications in some areas due to pricing disagreements. So if you have Frontier Internet and video service in some areas you might not be able to watch some Cox Media Group stations.

Ajit Pai Repealed Net Neutrality Although Almost Everyone Said He was Wrong

There is a lot of worry what will happen to the Internet due to the repeal of net neutrality rules. Many think that finding high-speed Internet Service Providers in their area that don't treat content unfairly will be hard.

Tim Berners-Lee, the founder of the World Wide Web, along with several dozen US Senators, countless technical experts, a bunch of advocacy organizations and several million American citizens all asked Federal Communications Commission Chairman, Ajit Pai not to repeal net neutrality rules. Did he listen? No. He was doggedly determined to have his way. Or I guess we should say the way of big corporate Internet Service Providers like Comcast, Charter and others. And Berners-Lee had even told him he doesn’t even understand how the Internet works. Pai didn’t seem to care. On Thursday December 14th, he repealed the rules. Ironically Pai called his destruction of net neutrality rules “Restoring Internet Freedom.”

Mayors and City Officials Had Sent a Letter To FCC’s Pai Opposing the Open Internet Repeal

To protect the Internet service in their towns, dozens of mayors and other city and county officials from around the country sent a letter to the FCC head, Ajit Pai (adding to the host of other people and groups speaking out against the repeal of the rules) expressing their opposition to his planned gutting of the rules put in place two years ago. The mayors of Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Tallahassee, Chicago, Chattanooga, Pittsburgh, and New York City are among the officials who signed the letter which reads: “we strongly oppose the Commission’s proposal. It offers carte blanche to powerful service providers but little more than promises to consumers. The Commission’s approach puts those few companies ahead of millions of Americans.”

Attorneys General of Several States Sue FCC Immediately After Pai's Net Neutrality Repeal

The New York attorney general announced that he will be launching a multi-state lawsuit against Ajit Pai and the Federal Communications Commission right after the repeal of the net neutrality rules. So far the AGs from New York, Massachusetts and Washington have signed on but more will likely be joining in the next few days. The day before the vote, the AGs of eighteen states wrote Ajit Pai and the FCC a letter calling for a delay of the vote until the questionable web site comments posted in response to the FCC request could be sorted out. The Attorneys General of California, District of Columbia, Iowa, Illinois, Delaware, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maryland, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Vermont, and Washington all signed the letter to Pai so they may all sign on to the lawsuit against him to get good high speed Internet service in their states.

Cox Communications Works to Make a Difference.

Cable TV and Internet Provider Cox Communications is working to create change in the environment by reducing their impact and increase their sustainability. Cox has been working since 2007 to reduce their carbon footprint as they say.

In December of 2013, Cox signed an agreement to increase the efficiency of their set top boxes. Cox has received several green awards including awards from the city of San Diego, Orange County Metro Magazine and the Louisiana Cable and Telecommunications Association.

It is important for Internet and Cable providers like Cox to try to lessen their impact on the environment. Cox often work with the Trust for Public Land, giving Cox Conserves Hero awards.

Cox has a project they started in 2008 in Arizona called TWIG (Turning Waste Into Growth) that collects recylable materials and sells them to recycling companies and donates the proceeds to fund grants for youth education and development programs.

If more Internet Service Providers like Cox became involved with environmental and community programs it might make a difference in the world.