Cox Communicatons - Conversion kit?

I get my cable modem service from Cox, and I just recieved a big "tool kit" from Cox in the mail. It claims I need go through this "conversion process" to avoid a disruption in service.

Included in this process is some lame-o CD I'm supposed to install and enter some Authentication code.

Now...I personally can't stand having *any* garbage software from my ISP on my computer. So I was wondering if anyone had some insight as to what the ramifications are if I just sit here as is and ignore this. I find it hard to believe that there will actually be a disruption in my internet connection. I'm guessing that what they meant by "disruption" is a disruption in their many lame services I never use. Such as Cox.net e-mail, homepage, etc etc.

Did anyone else get this kit? And does anyone have an idea on what this really means?

Grizzly, was Cox affected by the Excite shutdown? If they were, it's probably just a CD to convert the addressing/server information over to whatever Cox is using now. Most users don't know enough to be able to do it manually.

AT&T had this through their web site. They had a file you could run to do it automatically, or you could get the new server information and do it manually.

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