As the third-largest cable provider in the nation, Cox Communications Inc. is noted for its high-capacity, reliable broadband delivery network and superior customer care. For Cox, it’s not about being the biggest; it’s about being the best.

With more than 6 million total residential and commercial customer relationships, over 22,000 employees and a firm commitment to education, the Cox team is widely regarded industry leaders, having earned multiple distinctions in customer satisfaction, diversity practices and company strategy. In 2006, Cox received highest honor in J.D. Power and Associates' residential cable/satellite TV customer satisfaction study as well as in 2005 for customer satisfaction among high-speed Internet service providers. (For complete details on the Residential Telephone, Cable/Satellite and Internet Service Provider Residential Customer Satisfaction Study, visit www.jdpower.com.)

Since 1962, Cox has built high-quality communications networks and delivered quality cable television programs. A full-service provider of telecommunications products, Cox offers an array of advanced digital video, high-speed Internet and telephony services over its own nationwide IP network, as well as integrated wireless services in partnership with Sprint.

Cox Business Services is a full-service, facilities-based provider of communications solutions for commercial customers, providing high-speed Internet, voice and long distance services, as well as data and video transport services for small to large-sized businesses. Cox Media offers national and local cable advertising in traditional spot and new media formats, along with promotional opportunities and production services.

Since 1996, Cox has invested more than $16 billion in its communities through infrastructure upgrades to deliver video, phone and high-speed Internet service to homes and businesses in the company's service area. Cox's in-kind and direct cash contributions exceeded $100 million, with a community outreach focus on youth and education initiatives.

For Cox, education is more than just a commitment — it’s a way of life for our employees and our business. Today, Cox provides complimentary cable television service and high-speed Internet access to schools and libraries in our service areas, investing more than $100 million through in-kind resources to improve education since 1989.

Extending our commitment to education through industry programs like Cable in the Classroom and Model Technology Schools, Cox is bringing high-end education technology to schools, exposing parents, students and teachers to a world of new learning opportunities. In 2003, Cox also became the national technology partner for Boys & Girls Clubs of America, providing video and Internet technology at no cost to their centers in Cox markets. Cox has given these clubs over $1 million in cash contributions and $20 million in in-kind services.

Cox also developed the award-winning Take Charge! initiative to helps parents create safe boundaries around children’s mass media experience. Through national partnerships with Common Sense Media, John Walsh and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Cox is educating parents and teens on media safety. We make it easy to find great educational TV shows and Web sites, while keeping families safe from content they find inappropriate. Additionally, since 2004, Cox has provided more than $25 million in advertising time to promote the use of parental controls.

Cox continuously seeks out national and community partnerships that can be extended within each service area, in addition to encouraging service areas to create local education programs that fit the needs of specific communities.

Our entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to education is rooted in Cox Enterprises Inc., the parent company of Cox Communications, which traces its history back to 1898. From school teacher to founder of the company, James M. Cox served three terms as governor of Ohio and ran in the 1920 U.S. presidential election as the Democratic nominee. In that same year, Gov. Cox purchased his first newspaper, the Dayton (OH) Evening News.

More than a century later, Cox Enterprises' annual revenues exceed $10 billion, with extensive interests in newspapers, television, radio and automobile auctions.