It has been over a year since my 1 star review of Cox. They seem to have a more stable network set up now but I thought I'd give Centurylink a try just to compare and that was a huge mistake. Cox isn't a great service but compared to the other local options it's the best of the bunch. Local DSL is on par with speeds but the bill will ALWAYS be more than cox, regardless of the "special" pricing they falsely promise.