ATLANTA, Sep 30, 2002 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Cox Communications, Inc. (NYSE: COX), today announced its participation at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia XI Conference.

Cox President and Chief Executive Officer Jim Robbins and Joe Rooney, Senior Vice President of Marketing will present at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York on Tuesday, October 1 at 10:25 a.m.

The presentation will be webcast at http://www.gs.com/events/cxic2002-s and will also be available on the Cox website at http://www.cox.com/investor.

Cox Communications (NYSE: COX), a Fortune 500 company, is a multi-service broadband communications company serving approximately 6.3 million customers nationwide. Cox is the nation's fifth-largest cable television provider, and offers both traditional analog video programming under the Cox Cable brand as well as advanced digital video programming under the Cox Digital Cable brand. Cox provides an array of other communications and entertainment services, including local and long distance telephone under the Cox Digital Telephone brand; high-speed Internet access under the brands Cox High Speed Internet and Cox Express; and commercial voice and data services via its affiliate Cox Business Services, LLC. Cox is an investor in programming networks including Discovery Channel. More information about Cox Communications can be accessed on the Internet at www.cox.com/espanol.

CONTACT: Cox Communications, Inc. (Media) Laura Oberhelman, 404/269-7562 or (Investor Relations) Lacey Lewis, 404/269-7608