I have used Yelp for many years, and I am compelled to write my first review to warn all potential Internet customers to STAY AWAY FROM COX! Even AT&T Uverse (which isn't the greatest technology-wise) is miles ahead of Cox in terms of service and competency.
My experience started with an installation appointment. Easy enough you think? Think again. They completely missed the Saturday morning appointment, and didn't even bother to call. I called them to explain the situation, and the representative acted arrogant and didn't even bother to apologize or give an explanation, as if this is something that was expected to happen. Anyway, I let it go, and after some convincing I got them to reschedule my appointment to the afternoon. They ended up ALSO missed this rescheduled appointment, and again, they didn't bother to call. I had to call them instead, and this time they gave an excuse that they tried to call, but since no one picked up, they didn't bother coming to the house! It turned out they called the wrong number, so I made it clear to them to call the correct number (my cell). I then had the appointment moved to Sunday.
Sunday comes along, and the technician finally shows up at my house. Guess what? He didn't have any equipment with him! I cannot comprehend why. What were you going to do at my house, have tea and chat? He ends up driving back to the store to pick up the modem and tries to install it. My previous set up was disassembled, and he set up the new Cox modem in my control panel, it was then that I discovered that the modem didn't have WiFi support; it's just a basic modem with single port, and I would only be able to get Internet if I sat in my closet (where the control panel was located) and plugged my laptop directly into the modem. Completely unacceptable. There were a whole host of other issues, like NO ONE from Cox knowing what modem model I was supposed to be given, or whether I was supposed to be able to buy it even though their Web site clearly advertised this, and I even have an order confirmation with the details to prove it. The technician ended up leaving without fixing the problems because he had another appointment. I ended up having to call Cox again to schedule a follow up appointment, and discovered that the only other time that worked for a follow up appointment was the next Saturday, SIX days later. I was finally told after demanding to talk to the manager that the modem that the technician left at my house was the wrong model, and didn't even support the speeds that I ordered. He said he would take care of things. Ok fine, I'll give it one last shot.
Next Saturday comes around, and guess what? NO SHOW. What a surprise. Not even a call. I called them again, and guess what? They said they tried calling me, but no one answered, so the technician didn't bother to come. WOW, AGAIN. Not only that, they were still calling the WRONG NUMBER. The incompetency. So, for the FORTH time, I rescheduled to later in the afternoon. Guess what? Just guess. Yup. NO SHOW AGAIN. I'm crying my eyes out with disbelief. I call them and guess what they said? Well, they didn't have an excuse. None. My call then got disconnected, and when I called back the service hours JUST ended in my time zone so I couldn't talk to a representative.
I end up going online to chat with a service rep. She said that she sees that there is note saying that the technician was on the way, but that she was confused. It's not confusing really, even I know what had happened - the service hours for the day were done, and the technician decided to end the day without servicing my house, and didn't bother notifying me trough any means. She had no excuse to provide that wouldn't put her own company Cox to shame. So the day ended with another 5 hours gone waiting around for nothing. I had an appointment scheduled for tomorrow from 3-5pm. Let's see what happens. I will be calling Cox every 15 minutes starting 3pm to make sure someone shows up.
In the mean time, there is one thing that Cox HAS managed to do - send me a bill even before completing their initial installation! Can you believe it?
Well, there are a couple of other things they have done:
- Disrupted my previous service.
- Failed to provide the correct modem.
- Failed to provide any wireless capabilities (e.g. gateway or wireless router), which was clearly stated as included.
- Wasted 10 hours of my time over 2 weekends.
- Promised to give a discount on my bill twice, which is not yet reflected in my account.
- Flooded my e-mail with false appointment confirmations from do_not_reply_prod@cox.com
- Displayed blatant disregard for any kind of curtesy, competency, or customer service.
Great job Cox, if you're in the business of losing customers, you win gold.
I conclude by making my first recommendation on Yelp after using it for almost a decade: take your valuable time and dollars elsewhere... anywhere but Cox. read more