Cox Communications Serves Over One Million Triple Play Customers; More Than Three Million Cox Customers Enjoy Two or More Video, Internet and Telephone Services.ATLANTA -- Cox Communications Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television and telecommunications services in the United States. It is the third-largest[2] cable television provider in the United States, serving more than 6. , Inc. today announced that over one million customers subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; Cox's bundle of voice, video and Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the services. Further, more than three million of Cox's 6.7 million customers enjoy more than one Cox service. "In today's marketplace, every telecom provider is trying to cobble together cobble together Verb [-bling, -bled] to put together clumsily: a coalition cobbled together from parties with widely differing aims Verb 1. a bundled offering of services," stated Jim Robbins RobĀ·bins , Frederick Chapman 1916-2003. American microbiologist. He shared a 1954 Nobel Prize for work on the cultivation of the polio virus. , Chief Executive Officer. "But at Cox, we've had eight years of experience perfecting a bundle that others have just begun to tackle. The payoff of our expertise is clearly evident in our impressive customer numbers and overall customer satisfaction. Those levels of success are earned over years of delivering for consumers; they don't, and can't, happen overnight." In 1997, Cox was the first company to deliver a full package of telephone, high-speed Internet See broadband. and digital cable television over a single broadband broadband Term describing the radiation from a source that produces a broad, continuous spectrum of frequencies (contrasted with a laser, which produces a single frequency or very narrow range of frequencies). network. Today, Cox is the only multi-service broadband company equipped to offer consumers the convenience of both a single or multiple bill option and one number to call for service questions. In addition, Cox bundled customers receive great value, saving roughly $150 a year by subscribing to all three Cox services rather than purchasing them separately. Cox is also the industry leader in customer satisfaction. Cox recently received the highest ranking among high-speed Internet service providers nationwide in the J.D. Power and Associates' 2005 Internet Service Provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. Residential Customer Satisfaction Study. Cox also received the J.D. Power and Associates' highest overall satisfaction ranking in the 2005 Residential Telephone Study in the West Region for the third consecutive year, as well as the highest ranking in J.D. Power and Associates' 2004 Residential Long Distance Telephone Service Study for bundled services. Expanding the bundle With nearly half of Cox's customers experiencing the convenience and value of the current bundle of services, last week's news of a joint venture among Sprint Nextel Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE: S) is one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world. With 55 million subscribers, Sprint Nextel operates the third largest wireless telecommunications network in the United States (based on total wireless customers), behind , Cox and other major cable companies, is exciting news. In 2006, Cox customers will be able to add a fourth service to the bundle. But, more importantly, they'll experience the integration of wired and wireless services and be able to enjoy the full power of their entertainment and communications offerings - at home or on the go. "Cox was the first to perfect the three-product bundle, and we're delighted to be pioneering an even bigger, better bundle for our customers. The beauty of this joint venture for our customers is that they'll have it all - video, voice, Internet, information, entertainment, communications, all delivered seamlessly at home or away from a single, full-service provider of wired and wireless services." About Cox Communications Cox Communications, a Fortune 500 company, is a multi-service broadband communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. with approximately 6.7 million total customers, including 6.4 million basic cable subscribers. The nation's third-largest cable television provider, Cox offers both analog cable television under the Cox Cable brand as well as advanced digital video service under the Cox Digital Cable brand. Cox provides an array of other communications and entertainment services, including local and long distance telephone under the Cox Digital Telephone brand; high-speed Internet access under the Cox High Speed Internet brand; and commercial voice and data services via Cox Business Services. Local cable advertising, promotional opportunities and production services are sold under the Cox Media brand. Cox is an investor in programming networks including Discovery Channel. More information about Cox Communications can be accessed on the Internet at www.cox.com. |
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