https://deadline.com/2025/07/charter-shareholders-approve-merger-cox-communications-1236475300/
Charter Shareholders Approve Merger With Cox Communications
Charter Communications stockholders have approved the broadband and cable >giant's proposed acquisition of Cox Communications, bringing the deal a
step closer.
On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 02:50:32 -0700, anim8rfsk <[email protected]>
wrote:
https://deadline.com/2025/07/charter-shareholders-approve-merger-cox-communications-1236475300/
Charter Shareholders Approve Merger With Cox Communications
The answer is maybe. From what I understand service isn't great with
Charter, but I haven't heard of the crazy pricing you mentioned so
maybe overall.. it will be better. One can hope. Though likely you
wouldn't see any real changes till 2030.
https://deadline.com/2025/07/charter-shareholders-approve-merger-cox-communications-1236475300/
https://deadline.com/2025/07/charter-shareholders-approve-merger-cox-communications-1236475300/
Charter Shareholders Approve Merger With Cox Communications
By Jill Goldsmith
July 31, 2025 7:46am
Charter Communications stockholders have approved the broadband and cable giant’s proposed acquisition of Cox Communications, bringing the deal a step closer.
The company said more than 99% of the votes cast at a special meeting of stockholders this morning were in favor of each of the proposals required
to complete the transaction .
The deal announced in May is expected to close in mid-2026 pending
regulatory approval. It’s a big one, valuing Cox at $35.4 billion.
Within a year after the closing, the combined company will change its name
to Cox Communications. Spectrum will become the consumer-facing brand
within the communities Cox serves. It will remain headquartered in
Stamford, CT but maintain a significant presence on Cox’s Atlanta campus. Charter has said it expects about $500 million of annual cost savings
within three years of close.
Charter shares are down 2%. They’ve been losing ground in recent months with investors skittish about the deal.
CEO Chris Winfrey defended the transaction during a conference call with analysts last week, saying the company has a “proven” history of successfully integrating large-scale companies it has acquired, among them Time Warner Cable. M&A has been part and parcel of the traditional cable business, with Malone one of its foremost practitioners.” The media billionaire John Malone’s Liberty Broadband owns 26% of Charter.
On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 02:50:32 -0700, anim8rfsk <[email protected]> wrote:
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Does Cox have bandwidth limts of any kind?
doesn't have that but they do raise the price a few bucks like twice a year it seems like. I only have internet anymore so don't do cable tv at all
now.
Recently I've considered trying out t-mobile's internet service as it's way cheaper for internet but they don't offer TV except for ad supported
versions of streaming services.
By the way, i was much more worried for you based on your original attempt to post about cocks/Cox lol
EGK <[email protected]> wrote:
On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 02:50:32 -0700, anim8rfsk <[email protected]> wrote:
https://deadline.com/2025/07/charter-shareholders-approve-merger-cox-communications-1236475300/
Does Cox have bandwidth limts of any kind?
Yes. I pay for the 500 speed but a couple years ago when they were working
on the lines, they put the wrong limiter on and gave me the 300 speed and >refuse to fix it or lower my price or send out somebody to look at it
unless I agreed to pay them $75 for the service call despite the fact that
I pay $10 a month to get free service calls. They also told me the only >thing I could do is buy all new equipment and that I have to buy it from
the Cox store and see if that fixes anything.
Also, they limit you to 10 up for the stated reason that they don’t want >anybody hosting porn. In theory, if you go to fiber which isn’t actually >fiber which is why they had to change the name of it to broadband or >something it’s synchronous and you get the same up as you do down.
There is a monthly data limit of one terabyte unless you pay an extra 50 >bucks for more.
Charter aka Spectrum at least
doesn't have that but they do raise the price a few bucks like twice a year >> it seems like. I only have internet anymore so don't do cable tv at all
now.
Recently I've considered trying out t-mobile's internet service as it's way >> cheaper for internet but they don't offer TV except for ad supported
versions of streaming services.
I fell into a rabbit hole on their website with it telling me I had to
click someplace else to get the information I needed and then kept telling
me my password wasn’t valid even though I’d already put it in like three >times to get to the point I was at. I finally gave up.
By the way, i was much more worried for you based on your original attempt >> to post about cocks/Cox lol
Yeah, that was one of those times spiel. Chuck got me and I saw it even as
it went. I canceled it instantly and reposted. I’ve never tried that before >but obviously it didn’t quite work. :-)
EGK <[email protected]> wrote:
<snip>
By the way, i was much more worried for you based on your original attempt >> to post about cocks/Cox lol
Yeah, that was one of those times spiel. Chuck got me and I saw it even as
it went. I canceled it instantly and reposted. I’ve never tried that before but obviously it didn’t quite work. :-)
On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 13:31:10 -0700, anim8rfsk <[email protected]>
wrote:
EGK <[email protected]> wrote:
On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 02:50:32 -0700, anim8rfsk <[email protected]> wrote:
https://deadline.com/2025/07/charter-shareholders-approve-merger-cox-communications-1236475300/
Does Cox have bandwidth limts of any kind?
Yes. I pay for the 500 speed but a couple years ago when they were working >> on the lines, they put the wrong limiter on and gave me the 300 speed and
refuse to fix it or lower my price or send out somebody to look at it
unless I agreed to pay them $75 for the service call despite the fact that >> I pay $10 a month to get free service calls. They also told me the only
thing I could do is buy all new equipment and that I have to buy it from
the Cox store and see if that fixes anything.
Which it wouldn't since the max speed is set by the provisioning they
do for your modem. If you are provisioned for 300 then that's the best
you can get even if you replaced every bit of equipment.
Also, they limit you to 10 up for the stated reason that they don’t want >> anybody hosting porn. In theory, if you go to fiber which isn’t actually >> fiber which is why they had to change the name of it to broadband or
something it’s synchronous and you get the same up as you do down.
That's a crazy to give for limiting to bits up.
There is a monthly data limit of one terabyte unless you pay an extra 50
bucks for more.
Yeah, even Comcast used to have that until recently. (1.2TB). Though
even a couple of years ago they were making special offers available
with unlimited (yeah) monthly usage.
Charter aka Spectrum at least
doesn't have that but they do raise the price a few bucks like twice a year >>> it seems like. I only have internet anymore so don't do cable tv at all >>> now.
Recently I've considered trying out t-mobile's internet service as it's way >>> cheaper for internet but they don't offer TV except for ad supported
versions of streaming services.
I fell into a rabbit hole on their website with it telling me I had to
click someplace else to get the information I needed and then kept telling >> me my password wasn’t valid even though I’d already put it in like three >> times to get to the point I was at. I finally gave up.
By the way, i was much more worried for you based on your original attempt >>> to post about cocks/Cox lol
Yeah, that was one of those times spiel. Chuck got me and I saw it even as >> it went. I canceled it instantly and reposted. I’ve never tried that before
but obviously it didn’t quite work. :-)
shawn <[email protected]> wrote:
On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 13:31:10 -0700, anim8rfsk <[email protected]>
wrote:
EGK <[email protected]> wrote:
On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 02:50:32 -0700, anim8rfsk <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>
https://deadline.com/2025/07/charter-shareholders-approve-merger-cox-communications-1236475300/
Does Cox have bandwidth limts of any kind?
Yes. I pay for the 500 speed but a couple years ago when they were working >>> on the lines, they put the wrong limiter on and gave me the 300 speed and >>> refuse to fix it or lower my price or send out somebody to look at it
unless I agreed to pay them $75 for the service call despite the fact that >>> I pay $10 a month to get free service calls. They also told me the only >>> thing I could do is buy all new equipment and that I have to buy it from >>> the Cox store and see if that fixes anything.
Which it wouldn't since the max speed is set by the provisioning they
do for your modem. If you are provisioned for 300 then that's the best
you can get even if you replaced every bit of equipment.
Especially given that this modem used to get 500 just fine and now they’re >claiming it failed simultaneously with them working on the equipment out in >front of my house and it’s got nothing to do with what they did.
Also, they limit you to 10 up for the stated reason that they don’t want >>> anybody hosting porn. In theory, if you go to fiber which isn’t actually >>> fiber which is why they had to change the name of it to broadband or
something it’s synchronous and you get the same up as you do down.
That's a crazy to give for limiting to bits up.
It used to be 10%, but as the download speeds got faster they capped it at
10 Mbps total.
There is a monthly data limit of one terabyte unless you pay an extra 50 >>> bucks for more.
Yeah, even Comcast used to have that until recently. (1.2TB). Though
I just double checked and they actually creased it from one terabyte to 1.2 >TB. I have no idea why. Is there something magic about the larger number?
even a couple of years ago they were making special offers available
with unlimited (yeah) monthly usage.
Charter aka Spectrum at least
doesn't have that but they do raise the price a few bucks like twice a year
it seems like. I only have internet anymore so don't do cable tv at all >>>> now.
Recently I've considered trying out t-mobile's internet service as it's way
cheaper for internet but they don't offer TV except for ad supported
versions of streaming services.
I fell into a rabbit hole on their website with it telling me I had to
click someplace else to get the information I needed and then kept telling >>> me my password wasn’t valid even though I’d already put it in like three
times to get to the point I was at. I finally gave up.
By the way, i was much more worried for you based on your original attempt
to post about cocks/Cox lol
Yeah, that was one of those times spiel. Chuck got me and I saw it even as >>> it went. I canceled it instantly and reposted. I’ve never tried that before
but obviously it didn’t quite work. :-)
On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 19:02:19 -0700, anim8rfsk <[email protected]>
wrote:
shawn <[email protected]> wrote:
On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 13:31:10 -0700, anim8rfsk <[email protected]>
wrote:
EGK <[email protected]> wrote:
On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 02:50:32 -0700, anim8rfsk <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>
https://deadline.com/2025/07/charter-shareholders-approve-merger-cox-communications-1236475300/
Does Cox have bandwidth limts of any kind?
Yes. I pay for the 500 speed but a couple years ago when they were working >>>> on the lines, they put the wrong limiter on and gave me the 300 speed and >>>> refuse to fix it or lower my price or send out somebody to look at it
unless I agreed to pay them $75 for the service call despite the fact that >>>> I pay $10 a month to get free service calls. They also told me the only >>>> thing I could do is buy all new equipment and that I have to buy it from >>>> the Cox store and see if that fixes anything.
Which it wouldn't since the max speed is set by the provisioning they
do for your modem. If you are provisioned for 300 then that's the best
you can get even if you replaced every bit of equipment.
Especially given that this modem used to get 500 just fine and now they’re >> claiming it failed simultaneously with them working on the equipment out in >> front of my house and it’s got nothing to do with what they did.
Also, they limit you to 10 up for the stated reason that they don’t want >>>> anybody hosting porn. In theory, if you go to fiber which isn’t actually
fiber which is why they had to change the name of it to broadband or
something it’s synchronous and you get the same up as you do down.
That's a crazy to give for limiting to bits up.
It used to be 10%, but as the download speeds got faster they capped it at >> 10 Mbps total.
Where Comcast used to limit it to around 20Mbps but now with the
rollout of DOCSIS 4.0/4.1 they are upping the upstream bandwidth quite
a bit. Not sure of the numbers off hand but it's a good deal more than 10Mbps.
There is a monthly data limit of one terabyte unless you pay an extra 50 >>>> bucks for more.
Yeah, even Comcast used to have that until recently. (1.2TB). Though
I just double checked and they actually creased it from one terabyte to 1.2 >> TB. I have no idea why. Is there something magic about the larger number?
I can explain. They have been copying Comcast for quite some time. Not
sure if they are just using the same Comcast configs or just copying
Comcast but yeah, Comcast was at 1.2TB for the past few decades until recently, at least in the South. I think it took a few years before
they started doing the same elsewhere, but now you can get unlimited
monthly bandwidth with Comcast in the higher speed tiers.
even a couple of years ago they were making special offers available
with unlimited (yeah) monthly usage.
Charter aka Spectrum at least
doesn't have that but they do raise the price a few bucks like twice a year
it seems like. I only have internet anymore so don't do cable tv at all >>>>> now.
Recently I've considered trying out t-mobile's internet service as it's way
cheaper for internet but they don't offer TV except for ad supported >>>>> versions of streaming services.
I fell into a rabbit hole on their website with it telling me I had to >>>> click someplace else to get the information I needed and then kept telling >>>> me my password wasn’t valid even though I’d already put it in like three
times to get to the point I was at. I finally gave up.
By the way, i was much more worried for you based on your original attempt
to post about cocks/Cox lol
Yeah, that was one of those times spiel. Chuck got me and I saw it even as >>>> it went. I canceled it instantly and reposted. I’ve never tried that before
but obviously it didn’t quite work. :-)
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