ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 7, 2001--Cox Communications today announced its participation in the following investor conferences: Jimmy Hayes, Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer, will present at the Merrill Lynch Media & Entertainment Conference on September 11th in Pasadena, CA; Chris Bowick, Senior Vice President of Technology, will present at the Merrill Lynch Media & Entertainment Conference on September 11th in Pasadena, as well as the Bank of America Growth Conference on September 12th in San Francisco, CA.

Jimmy Hayes will provide a brief overview of the current state of the Company's business. He will also emphasize success with the accelerated roll out of new services, and share the Company's achievements with residential and commercial telephony. Chris Bowick will discuss the voice architecture and how it can co-exist with other emerging voice solution technologies.

A copy of the respective slide presentations shared at the conferences will be available on the Cox Communications website at www.cox.com/investor on the day of each conference.

Cox Communications, a Fortune 500 company, 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 and The Learning Channel. More information about Cox Communications can be accessed on the Internet at www.cox.com/espanol.