![]() TV-only customers obviously wouldn't be subject to this penalty, so neither should we.Īnother concern I had with the Wireless system I was forced into was that our DVR is now "in the cloud" rather than stored locally. We shouldn't have to pay for the internet service needed to use our TV service on top of that. But I strongly object to traditional TV being metered. I would reluctantly be understanding if Netflix and on demand were forced to count towards data usage (note that I've tried to watch thru the Contour box rather than my Apple TV to prevent data usage, despite the Apple TV having better picture/sound. It doesn't seem fair that customers with traditional MoCA-type boxes (like I wanted) don't have this limitation. On top of all this it would be extremely disappointing to learn that of another disadvantage to these wireless boxes being that they count against your data usage limit. The two boxes on WiFi have given me nothing but headaches. I have one box connected through ethernet and two others on WiFi. But then when the tech told me I could use my own mesh WiFi system I knew this was BS since the access point would have to also broadcast on the special frequency used by the streaming boxes. It seemed unlikely but still somewhat believable that Cox would be using anything outside standard 2.4 or 5 GHz for these boxes. Note that here I was told another lie - that my WiFi wouldn't be affected because "these boxes work on a different frequency". Despite this one benefit, I had originally pushed back against this due to concern that it would cut into my usable WiFi bandwidth (I try and hard wire as much as possible and ideally reserve WiFi for roaming devices like phones & tablets). Now they can just connect the incoming coax straight into the internet modem - no splitters, unterminated ends, etc. I imagine Cox prefers this approach to avoid having to address unique issues with old, outdated coax networks within each customer dwelling. I wasn't given an option during my install back in Feb'19 and was told MoCA-type boxes were no longer being issued, despite having coax already wired to all room locations it was desired. If you're saying this isn't the case even for regular live TV viewing (not on demand, Netflix, etc.), then this is very deceitful on their part. I want to echo that I was told the same thing by Cox - my Contour 4k Streaming boxes would not count against my metered data usage. ![]()
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