HTC Hero spied with Cox firmware?
By Chris Ziegler 
posted May 17th 2010 9:27PM
posted May 17th 2010 9:27PM
We've known for some time that Cox -- a name traditionally associated with cable television -- is on the cusp of turning over its trial CDMA networks in a handful of markets to the public as it marches towards LTE on a swath of 700MHz bandwidth, but what we don't know is the kind of hardware selection we can expect once these guys go live. Take it for what you will, but it seems that an unbranded CDMA HTC Hero that looks suspiciously like Sprint's version of the handset has just changed hands on Craigslist, and -- you guessed it -- it's got a Cox splash screen when you power it on. Cox's strategy boss said just last week in an interview with Light Reading Cable that there'd be Android devices in the mix for the launch, but he played coy when pressed on details; the Hero could certainly be on the short list, but doesn't it seem a little long in the tooth to kick off a brand new network launch? Of course, this could be a hoax or a cobbled-together prototype to help test the trial network, so we'll just have to hang tight and see how this cookie crumbles; in the meantime, follow the break for the damning video evidence of the Cox Hero in the wild.
Cox has the BEST customer service, BEST speed, and decent prices around here in NE. The only complaint I have was crappy interface on their DVR, but that was recently announced as changing soon. I'd consider leaving Big Red to support them.
@Albierock
AHHAHHAHAH YEAH RIGHT, i get 1/10 my paid speed http://www.speedtest.net/result/817965012.png
suck on that. But then again u live in a place with 1/1000000 the population of my county (OC population>10million, SoCal Population>40million) But COX sucks where it matters
@fowenati haha! how did you even get online? and how does population density affect speed? congestion? I'd hope not...[URL=http://www.speedtest.net][IMG]http://www.speedtest.net/result/817972920.png[/IMG][/URL] oh and this was done in the middle of a demolition match of MW2, and on wireless connection too.
@fowenati
Definitely has something to do with either your specific location or more likely your computer. I live in South Orange County and here's my result from 30 seconds ago...
[URL=http://www.speedtest.net][IMG]http://www.speedtest.net/result/818004051.png[/IMG][/URL]
@fowenati
Sorry. Here's the direct link...
http://www.speedtest.net/result/818004051.png
got to play with one of these last week at my co-op job with cox in atlanta. i was told that this is gonna be cox's halo device at launch. too bad it's not an evo.
I love account5's comments, he's such a stupid little troll it's not even funny. Hugging his iPhone is probably the only thing that makes him happy at night.
"I just turned it on, and look, there's cox"
Yeah, that's my excuse too
Jeez, they really need to change their name! too funny! Who is gonna buy a phone that sounds like a penis?
I already give Cox cable too much of my money. But if they are doing cell phones, it will probably be equivalent to a TracFone.