• Cox Offers Phone Forwarding Option for Wood River Valley Evacuees

• CONSUMER SURVEY SHOWS THAT CABLE HIGH-DEFINITION PICTURE QUALITY BETTER THAN SATELLITE

• DiversityInc Names Top 50 Companies for Diversity

Aug. 27, 2007
Cox Offers Phone Forwarding Option for Wood River Valley Evacuees

Cox is offering all Cox Wood River Valley phone customers the option to forward their phone calls to another phone. This feature is usually part of the Solutions package, but is now opened up for all evacuees.

Cox customers that have the Solutions package can set up the call forwarding feature in one of the following ways:

1. Go to cox.net and login to phone tools. Click “call forwarding”, or…
2. From your home phone dial *72 and then enter the forwarding number. When the call is answered, your call forwarding is in effect  or…
3. Call Cox telephone technical support at 208-726-4561 or 866-402-3115.

For Cox customers who do not have the solutions package, Cox will offer this feature free of charge during the current fire situation. Just call Cox telephone technical support (208-726-4561 or 866-402-3115) with the forwarding number.

This courtesy will expire 30 days after the all clear is given. To end the call forwarding feature, take one of the following steps:

1. Go to cox.net and login to phone tools. Click “call forwarding” or…
2. From your home phone dial *73 or…
3. Call Cox telephone technical support at 208-726-4561 or 866-402-3115.

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August 20, 2007
CONSUMER SURVEY SHOWS THAT CABLE HIGH-DEFINITION PICTURE QUALITY BETTER THAN SATELLITE
Satellite's Own Customers Say Cable Has a Better HD Picture in Side-by-Side Tests

Sun Valley -- The results of a new consumer survey show that when it comes to high-definition (HD) picture quality, cable is the clear winner – even among current satellite customers.  In side-by-side comparisons, more than 65 percent of customers ranked cable higher than DirecTV, and almost 70 percent chose the high-quality cable picture over Dish Network.

"This survey shows that consumers recognize and appreciate the continuous investment we make in our network to ensure that we deliver the best HD picture," said Percy Kirk, Vice President and Region Manager. "Picture quality is so important to our customers who have invested hundreds, even thousands of dollars in their new HDTV.  Superior picture quality, coupled with the fact that Cox customers can receive HD at no additional charge, confirms that Cox is truly the best choice for HD programming in the Omaha metro.”

Methodology and Results
Frank N. Magid Associates, a leading research consulting organization, conducted the survey; Accenture, a management and technology consulting company, oversaw the technical aspects of the test; and Loeb & Loeb, a national law firm, provided legal guidance on the survey process.  The survey has a 5-7 percent margin of error.

SOURCE Comcast Corporation

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March 22, 2007
DiversityInc Names Top 50 Companies for Diversity 

Sun Valley – The 2007 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list has been released. The largest competition of its kind, the list is determined solely from a comprehensive survey of diversity management that measures CEO commitment, human capital, corporate communications and supplier diversity. 

Cox Communications has earned the No. 25 spot on the diversity list, up from No. 32 last year, and also ranked as the No. 8 company for African Americans.

“Cox Communications is much different from the average corporation; it is a true champion of diversity,” notes Luke Visconti, partner and cofounder of DiversityInc, a monthly business magazine and daily web site. “A total of 317 companies competed for a spot, a 100 percent increase in corporate participation in the Top 50 competition over the last three years.”

“We are delighted that DiversityInc has recognized Cox as a top company for diversity for the second consecutive year,” said Cox Communications VP of Public and Government Affairs Kristin Peck. “At Cox, diversity is a critical part of our culture, values and operations. It is truly a business priority throughout the company, including the areas of recruitment, hiring and employee development, supplier outreach, community support, and the products and services we offer our customers.”

The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity list is now in its seventh year. Companies on the DiversityInc Top 50 are remarkable in several ways:

• The Top 50 hire 42 percent people of color; the U.S. workforce is 29 percent people of color
• Although Top 50 companies employ only 5 percent of the U.S. work force, they employ 17 percent of the college-educated people of color
• Twenty-five percent of Top 50 companies' management are people of color, compared with 12 percent people of color in management nationwide
• One hundred percent of the Top 50 offer domestic-partner benefits for same-sex couples, compared with 53 percent of Fortune 500 companies
• Seventy-four percent of the Top 50 include gender orientation in their nondiscrimination policies, compared with only 24 percent of the Fortune 500
• Top 50 companies spend 9.7 percent of their procurement budgets with minority- and women-owned suppliers, compared with just 2 percent nationally
• Ninety-six percent of the Top 50 companies link executive compensation to diversity goals
• Ninety percent of Top 50 CEOs sign off on executive compensation tied to diversity, compared with 72 percent last year

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