I was loosely aware that we have a data cap of some sort. I am on the Ultimate tier and wasn't really worried about it until now.
I noticed that Cox is offering an upgraded speed to the Ultimate tier. However I notice that the speed is doubling (download only) but the data cap is being cut in half from 2TB to 1TB. Wow! Twice the speed, half the data cap, same price! I'm not sure if I will have to opt into this or be forced into it, customer support wasn't very good. Either way, it looks like I can't ignore the data caps anymore as apparently Cox is charging a whopping $10 for a measly 50GB ($1-2 per 50GB would be more reasonable, but then again NO CAP is reasonable). This prices the extra 1TB of data at $200 a month, or double the cost of the service itself!!!
I understand that this just "is what it is". Cox is trying to generate more revenue. Sadly this is just a cash grab and I sincerely hope customers drop Cox in droves in the Cleveland area. Yea I know it is a pipe dream... We have no options / alternatives! I live in a city which does not allow TWC or WOW to provide competing service. AT&T can only muster up 45mbps speeds on paper (only can deliver 18 or 24mbps in actuality). In effect Cox has a monopoly and is now going to cash in. Kudos to the execs lining their pockets on this one! Hope you can afford the 60 foot boat now instead of the measly 50 foot boat.
I'm halfway through my billing cycle (8/26/16 - 9/25/16) with 14 days left. Data plan is 2000.00 GB and I am at 461.31GB used with 1538.69 GB left, 23%. Our family was out of town for 3 days during this billing cycle (no usage). Under the current 2TB limit, I'm not worried. Halfway through the month, 25% usage. But if it gets cut to 1TB, I can count on being on the wrong side of 1TB more often than not. After all I will be streaming more football / TV going forward and when the fall/winter influx of games hit Steam / XboxLive it will be fun downloading the 50gb+ games knowing each one has an additional $10 Cox pocket lining tax added to each. Can't wait for more streaming 4k content to chew up my cap that much quicker!!!
Looking forward to the next upgrade in speed and downgrade in data cap....
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