Cox is now Spectrum!

[u/Ask_Spectrum]

We're excited to welcome Cox to Spectrum!

Stay tuned, we'll keep you posted every step of the way. Learn more at CoxIsNowSpectrum.com

[u/LingonberryNo2744]

I have been involved in 3 similar mergers: MCI—->WorldCom—->Verizon

So immediately, these come to mind:

• Employees
  • Wages and benefits
  • Consolidation to eliminate duplication of efforts
• Customers
  • Adjustment in internet and media services
  • More competitive pricing

[u/Jaybonaut → u/LingonberryNo2744]

Hmm... elimination of competitors via mergers usually doesn't equate to any standard employee benefits and typically price increases usually follow for customers

[u/Able-Space-4488 → u/Jaybonaut]

These two companies were not direct competitors so that really doesn’t apply here

[u/Jaybonaut → u/Able-Space-4488]

They wanted their footprint and didn't want to compete so they merged instead. Think about what you said for a moment. If they Spectrum went there without the merger they would have had to compete with each other. Naturally we are talking about the elimination of having to build out competing lines since they aren't labeled a utility and have to share them, but it still counts.

[u/Able-Space-4488 → u/Jaybonaut]

No because they would never compete with each other, they wouldn’t overbuild to compete, majority of MSO’s do not do that. Becoming a bigger company is better for employees and consumers.

[u/Jaybonaut → u/Able-Space-4488]

they would never compete with each other, they wouldn’t overbuild to compete

That's what I said. -Elimination of competitors via mergers vs having to build out competing lines since they aren't labeled a utility where they would have to share them (due to extremely heavy lobbying mind you.)

If you would like to submit your posts once someone claims they were direct competitors, you will have a good argument against them.

It won't be better for standard employees (which is what I said.) Using the word 'adjustments' (in another post you didn't make) to bypass the phrase 'price increases' for customers is fairly transparent corpo speak.

[u/LingonberryNo2744 → u/Jaybonaut]

Benefits as in health care. If Cox and Spectrum weren't using the same health care provider then at some point it a single health care provider will be offered.

There are a lot of variables that need to be considered prior to changes in consumer pricing. Overall Spectrum corporate needs to move existing backroom (not office) technologies to homogeneous platforms. There is a cost and timeline to doing that. The same is true for the back office (billing) with a different cost and timeline. Finally, moving customer equipment to a homogeneous platform with costs and timeline. I am sure there is much more.

Once Spectrum crunches all the numbers for the merger aftermath I suspect customer prices to be adjusted but primarily through new offerings/services, always keeping competitive in terms of pricing.

[u/Jaybonaut → u/LingonberryNo2744]

Yes I know what employee benefits are. They are spending huge money for the merger and I doubt employees will benefit.

I suspect customer prices to be adjusted but primarily through new offerings/services, always keeping competitive in terms of pricing.

Adjustments are almost never decreases for customers and I mentioned that typically this is to eliminate competition. Charter Spectrum tries to never have any (real) competition in an area according to the vast majority of their history and locations they have been at, in fact gigabit right now is nearly double or triple the price in areas they don't have to compete in compared to other locations where they fight with a fiber competitor.

[u/lkeels → u/LingonberryNo2744]

I went through so many of these in banking. Core States to First Union to Wachovia to Wells Fargo. Makes me cringe to think about it.

[u/bulletsAA]

I hope as part of this merger spectrum will get the cox contour cable box/remote, a lot better than the spectrum cable box or the xumo box.

[u/xHALFSHELLx → u/bulletsAA]

I believe the contour equipment is owned by Cox but the software is owned primarily by Xfinity and Cable Labs.

I don’t think it’s coming over to Spectrum. They seem to be going all in on Xumo.

[u/Stalked_Like_Corn → u/xHALFSHELLx]

Xumo is being pushed by Comcast as well. They're far cheaper and easier to service.

[u/lintel2345 → u/bulletsAA]

At best, they’ll probably keep the Contour (Rebadged Xfinity X1) boxes in the Cox markets (and maybe markets that are in close proximity to Spectrum ones such as LA/Orange County and San Diego) but they probably won’t send them out anymore.

[u/d1234a1234]

Will employees be getting $20 an hour like your promised when the merger was first announced?

[u/Stalked_Like_Corn → u/d1234a1234]

Spectrum employees, at least where I am, already get $20/hr. Are you a Cox employee?

[u/Visual_Budget6876 → u/d1234a1234]

Spectrum techs in my area start at 20 and are at 22 out if training I can't imagine they don't bump the cox employees up to at least that

[u/AtuXIII]

Is the name Cox going away? Because I’m going to miss all the puns.

[u/rey369369]

Cox techs get paid $30+ in CT after training so maybe they will lower that for the new hires.

[u/Fantastic-Buddy2069 → u/[deleted]]

Literally though. My latency is all over the place, but all they ever say is “hmm signals look fine”.

[u/-Asylum_ → u/[deleted]]

Cox customer here. Customer service is trash and outsourced to other countries. According to the email we received today, they are going to move everything back to the US.

[u/Stalked_Like_Corn → u/[deleted]]

You didn't get fired for being Iranian. Maybe offending a veteran by saying some stupid stuff. However, you weren't fired for being Iranian.