Cox Communications to Participate in Merrill Lynch Media & Entertainment Conference

Business Wire, Sept 26, 2000

Business Editors

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 26, 2000

Cox Communications Inc. (NYSE: COX) today will participate in the Merrill Lynch Media and Entertainment Conference to be held in Marina del Rey, Calif.

Jim Robbins, President and CEO of Cox Communications, will outline the company's major growth initiatives. He will also discuss Cox's Video-On-Demand strategy, in conjunction with yesterday's announcement that the company has begun an initial deployment of the service for selected customers in San Diego. A copy of the slide presentation will be available on the Cox Communications website at www.cox.com/investor today at noon EST.

Cox Communications serves approximately 6.2 million customers nationwide, making it the nation's fifth largest cable television company. A full-service provider of telecommunications products, Cox offers an array of services, including Cox Cable; local and long distance telephone services under the Cox Digital Telephone brand; high-speed Internet access under the brands Cox@Home, Road Runner and Cox Express; advanced digital video programming services under the Cox Digital Cable brand; and commercial voice and data services via Cox Business Services. Cox is an investor in telecommunications companies including Sprint PCS and Excite@Home, as well as programming networks including Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, Outdoor Life and Speedvision. More information about Cox Communications can be accessed on the Internet at www.cox.com.