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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.25

THIS OPTION OF CELL ROBOTICS INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND THE SECURITIES RECEIVABLE
UPON EXERCISE HEREOF, HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED, OR UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH SECURITIES CANNOT BE SOLD,
TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

                        CELL ROBOTICS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                            (A COLORADO CORPORATION)

Option No. NQ-2002-1                              500,000 Shares of Common Stock

                       CERTIFICATE FOR COMMON STOCK OPTION

     This certifies that, for value received, GARY OPPEDAHL, or registered
assigns ("Optionholder"), is the registered owner of this Option entitling the
Optionholder, subject to the provisions below, to subscribe for, purchase and
receive 500,000 shares of fully paid and non-assessable share of Common Stock,
$.004 par value, (the "Common Stock") of Cell Robotics International, Inc., a
Colorado corporation (the "Company"), upon presentation and surrender of this
Option and upon payment of the Exercise Price as hereinbelow defined, for the
shares of Common Stock of the Company, but only subject to the conditions set
forth herein. The Exercise Price, the number of shares of Common Stock
purchasable upon exercise of this Option, the number of shares of Common Stock
subject to this Option and the Expiration Date are subject to adjustments upon
the occurrence of certain events. The Optionholder may exercise all or any
number of shares of Common Stock subject to this Option. Upon exercise of this
Option, the form of election hereinafter provided for must be duly executed and
the instructions for registration of the Common Stock acquired by such exercise
must be completed. If the subscription rights represented hereby shall not be
exercised at or before the Expiration Date, this Option shall become and be void
without further force or effect, and all rights represented hereby shall cease
and expire.

     1.   VESTING.

     (a) The Company and Optionholder agree that the shares of Common Stock
     subject to this Option, including shares of Common Stock acquired by
     exercise of this Option and shares of Common Stock subject to this Option
     but not yet acquired, as described in paragraph 1, shall vest in the
     following manner: (i) 200,000 shares of Common Stock subject to this Option
     shall vest

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     immediately, (ii) 150,000 shares of Common Stock subject to this Option
     shall vest after the Company reports positive net income for two
     consecutive fiscal quarters, as reflected in the Company's quarterly
     reports on Form 10-QSB, or any equivalent or successor form (after giving
     effect to any amendments thereto), filed with the Securities and Exchange
     Commission ("SEC") and (iii) 150,000 shares of Common Stock subject to this
     Option shall vest after the Company reports positive net income for a full
     fiscal year, as reflected in the Company's annual report on Form 10-KSB, or
     any equivalent or successor form (after giving effect to any amendments
     thereto), filed with the SEC. The shares of Common Stock subject to this
     Option cannot be exercised by the Optionholder until they vest in the
     Optionholder in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence or as
     otherwise provided herein.

     (b) Notwithstanding Section 1(a) above, this Option shall vest and be
     exercisable in whole or in part immediately prior to the time of a Change
     in Control notwithstanding that this Option is not fully vested, and the
     Optionholder shall have the right to exercise this Option from and after
     the date of the Change in Control. A "Change in Control" shall mean to have
     occurred at such time as either (i) any "person", as such term is used in
     Section 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (other
     than the Company, or any employee benefit plan (or related trust)
     maintained or sponsored by the Company, or an entity controlled by the
     Company) (a "Person"), is or becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in
     Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any
     successor rule), directly or indirectly, of fifty percent (50%) or more of
     the combined voting power of the Company's outstanding voting securities
     then entitled to vote generally in the election of directors ("Outstanding
     Voting Securities"); provided that the following shall not be deemed to
     result in a Change in Control: (A) any acquisition directly from the
     Company; or (B) any acquisition by merger, consolidation, share exchange or
     similar transaction that is not described in clause (ii) of this Section
     1(b) as long as no Person resulting from such transaction obtains
     beneficial ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the then Outstanding
     Voting Securities or (ii) a consolidation, share exchange or similar
     transaction involving the Company in which the shareholders of the Company
     immediately prior to such transaction do not own, directly or indirectly,
     at least fifty percent (50%) of the Outstanding Voting Securities or voting
     power of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company's
     successor immediately after such transaction.

     2.   TERM OF OPTION.

          This Option may be exercised in whole or in part commencing upon July
15, 2002 and ending on July 15, 2007 (the "Expiration Date").

     3.   EXERCISE PRICE.

          This Option shall be exercisable to purchase 500,000 shares of Common
Stock of the Company at an exercise price equal to $1.25 per share (the
"Exercise Price"). The Exercise Price is subject to adjustment under certain
circumstances more fully describe in Sections 4 and 5 below.

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     4.   ADJUSTMENTS OF EXERCISE PRICE AND SHARES.

          (a) Subject to any required action by the shareholders of the Company,
the number of shares of Common Stock covered by this Option (as well as the
Exercise Price covered by this Option) shall be proportionately adjusted for any
increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock resulting
from a stock split, payment of a stock dividend with respect to the Common Stock
or any other increase or decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock
effected without receipt of consideration by the Company. Such adjustment shall
be made by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, which adjustment shall
be final, binding and conclusive. Except as expressly provided herein, no
issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class shall affect, and no
adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price
of shares of Common Stock subject to this Option.

          (b) In the event of the dissolution or liquidation of the Company,
other than pursuant to a Reorganization (hereinafter defined), this Option shall
terminate as of a date to be fixed by the Board of Directors, provided that not
less than 30 days written notice of the date so fixed shall be given to the
Optionholder and the Optionholder shall have the right during such period to
exercise this Option as to all or any part of the shares of Common Stock covered
hereby.

          (c) In the event of a Reorganization in which the Company is not the
surviving or acquiring company, or in which the Company is or becomes a
wholly-owned subsidiary of another company after the effective date of the
Reorganization, then

          (i)  if there is no plan or agreement respecting the Reorganization
               ("Reorganization Agreement") or if the Reorganization Agreement
               does not specifically provide for the change, conversion or
               exchange of the shares of Common Stock under outstanding
               unexercised options of the Company for securities of another
               corporation, then the Board of Directors shall take such action,
               and this Option shall terminate, as provided above; or

          (ii) if there is a Reorganization Agreement and if the Reorganization
               Agreement specifically provides for the change, conversion or
               exchange of the shares under outstanding or unexercised options
               for securities of another corporation, then the Board of
               Directors shall adjust the shares of Common Stock under this
               Option in a manner not inconsistent with the provisions of the
               Reorganization Agreement for the adjustment, change, conversion
               or exchange of such options.

          The term "Reorganization" as used in this Section 4(c) shall mean any
statutory merger, statutory consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Company, or sale, pursuant to an agreement with the Company,
of securities of the Company pursuant to

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which the Company is or becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of another company
after the effective date of the Reorganization.

          (d) Except as provided above in Section 4(b) or (c) and except as
otherwise provided by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, this Option
shall terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed action.

     5.   ADJUSTMENT TO EXERCISE PRICE.

          The Company may, in its sole discretion, lower the Exercise Price at
any time, or from time-to-time. When any adjustment is made in the Exercise
Price, the Company shall cause a copy of such statement to be mailed to the
Optionholder, as of a date within ten (10) days after the date when the Exercise
Price has been adjusted.

     6.   MANNER OF EXERCISE.

          Subject to Section 4, the Optionholder of this Option evidenced by
this Certificate may exercise all or any whole number of such Option prior to
the Expiration Date in the manner stated herein. In connection with the exercise
of this Option, the purchase form provide for herein duly executed by the
Optionholder or by the Optionholder's duly authorized attorney, plus payment of
the Exercise Price applicable thereto, shall be surrendered to the Company. If
upon exercise of this Option the number shares covered by of Options exercised
shall be less than the total number of Option so evidenced, then, subject to the
terms hereof, the Optionholder shall continue to be entitled to exercise that
number of shares of Common Stock subject to this Option that are not so
exercised.

     7.   MANNER OF PAYMENT.

          The payment of the Exercise Price of this Option shall be paid, to the
extent permitted by applicable statutes and regulations, either (i) in cash at
the time this Option is exercised, or (ii) by delivery to the Company of other
Common Stock of the Company valued at its then-established fair market value
(which Common Stock must have been owned by the Optionholder for at least six
months prior to presentment), or (iii) in any other form of legal consideration
that may be acceptable to the Board of Directors, in its discretion. For the
purposes of this Section 7, the fair market value of the Common Stock shall be
(i) the closing sale price for the Common Stock on the primary exchange upon
which the shares are listed and traded on the date this Option is exercised, or
(ii) if the shares are not traded on any national exchange, the closing sale
price for the Common Stock on the NASDAQ National Market on the date this Option
is exercised, or (iii) if the shares or neither traded on a national exchange
nor listed on the NASDAQ National Market, then the average of the bid and ask
prices for the Common Stock in the Over-The-Counter Market as quoted on the
NASDAQ Small-Cap Market or Bulletin Board Exchange or (iv) if the shares of
Common Stock are neither traded on a national exchange or the NASDAQ National
Market nor quoted on the NASDAQ Small-Cap

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Market or Bulletin Board Exchange, the average of the bid and ask prices for the
Common Stock as quoted by any recognized securities quotation service such as
the National Quotation Bureau, Inc. or the OTC Electronic Bulletin Board on the
date this Option is exercised. In the case of any deferred payment arrangement,
any interest shall be payable at least annually and shall be charged at the
minimum rate of interest necessary to avoid the treatment as interest, under any
applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, of any
amounts other than amounts stated to be interest under the deferred payment
arrangement.

     8.   RESERVATION OF COMMON STOCK.

          The Company agrees that the number of shares of Common Stock
sufficient to provide for the exercise of this Option upon the basis herein set
forth will at all times during the term of this Option be reserved for the
exercise thereof.

     9.   ISSUANCE OF COMMON STOCK UPON EXERCISE.

          The Company, at its expense, shall cause to be issued, within ten (10)
days after exercise of this Option, a certificate or certificates in the name
requested by the Optionholder of the number of shares of Common Stock to which
the Optionholder is entitled upon such exercise. All shares of Common Stock or
other securities delivered upon the exercise of this Option shall be validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

     10.  NO RIGHT AS STOCKHOLDER.

          The Optionholder is not, by virtue of ownership of this Option,
entitled to any rights whatsoever of a shareholder of the Company.

     11.  ASSIGNMENT.

          This Option may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated,
transferred or disposed of in any manner other than by will or by the laws of
descent and distribution or pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order as
defined by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or Title I of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or the rules thereunder, and is not
assignable by operation of law or subject to execution, attachment or similar
process. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Option may be exercised
during the Optionholder's lifetime only by the Optionholder. Any attempted sale,
pledge, assignment, hypothecation or other transfer of this Option contrary to
the provisions hereof and the levy of any execution, attachment or similar
process upon this Option shall be null and void and without force or effect. No
transfer of this Option by will or by the laws of descent and distribution shall
be effective to bind the Company unless the Company shall have been furnished
with written notice thereof and an authenticated copy of the will and/or such
other evidence as the Board of Directors may deem necessary to establish the
validity of the transfer and the acceptance by the transferee or transferees of
the terms and conditions of this Option with respect to this Option. The terms
of

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this Option shall be binding upon the executors, administrators, heirs and
successors of the Optionholder.

     12.  NATURE OF THE OPTION.

          This Option is a Nonstatutory Stock Option.

Dated: July 15, 2001                   CELL ROBOTICS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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/s/ Gary Oppedahl                      By: /s/ Paul Johnson
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Optionholder                               Chief Financial Officer, Chief
                                           Operating Officer and Secretary

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                                  PURCHASE FORM

                                                   Dated:                , 200
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     Pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Certificate for Common Stock
Option dated ______________ (the "Certificate"), executed between me and Cell
Robotics International, Inc. (the "Company"), I hereby give notice that I elect
to exercise today the option (the "Option") evidenced by the Certificate with
respect to ___________ shares of the common stock of the Company (the "Option
Shares"). Accordingly, I hereby agree to purchase such Option Shares at the
price and terms established under the Certificate.

     I understand that both the Option and any Option Shares purchased upon its
exercise are securities, the issuance of which by the Company requires
compliance with state and federal securities laws. I understand the Company
shall not be under any obligation to issue any Option Shares upon the exercise
of the Option unless and until the Company has determined that:

(i)     it has taken all actions required to register the Option Shares under
        the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or to perfect an exemption from
        the registration requirements thereof, including, but not limited to any
        investment representation;

(ii)    any applicable listing requirement of any stock exchange on which the
        Option Shares are listed has been satisfied; and

(iii)   all other applicable provisions of state and federal law have been
        satisfied.

     I hereby warrant that I am entitled under the Certificate to purchase under
the Option the number of Option Shares which I have agreed to purchase herein.

                                       Sincerely,

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                                                             , Optionholder

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 4.1

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                          FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

                                    between

                           COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,
                                   as Issuer

                                      and

                             THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
                                   as Trustee

                          Dated as of August 28, 2002

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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS
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                                            ARTICLE 1
                                           DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01.  Definitions......................................................................2

                                            ARTICLE 2
                                           REMARKETING

SECTION 2.01.  Remarketing Provisions...........................................................3
SECTION 2.02.  Renewed Remarketing..............................................................4

                                            ARTICLE 3
                                      REDEMPTION; REPAYMENT

SECTION 3.01.  Discretionary Redemption.........................................................5
SECTION 3.02.  Source of Redemption Payment.....................................................6
SECTION 3.03.  Source of Payment................................................................6

                                            ARTICLE 4
                                       FORM OF SENIOR NOTE

SECTION 4.01.  Form of Senior Note..............................................................6

                                            ARTICLE 5
                                       CONSENT OF HOLDERS

SECTION 5.01.  Consent of the Holders of the Senior Notes.......................................7

                                            ARTICLE 6
                                          MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 6.01.  Ratification of Base Indenture and Second Supplemental
         Indenture; Fifth Supplemental Indenture Controls.......................................7
SECTION 6.02.  Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals.............................................7
SECTION 6.03.  Governing Law....................................................................7
SECTION 6.04.  Severability.....................................................................8
SECTION 6.05.  Counterparts.....................................................................8
EXHIBIT A-1 Form of Senior Note
EXHIBIT A-2 Form of Replacement Senior Note
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         FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of August 28, 2002 (the "FIFTH
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE") between Cox Communications, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "COMPANY"), and The Bank of New York, a New York banking
corporation, as trustee (the "TRUSTEE").

         WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee are parties to the Indenture
dated as of June 28, 1995 between the Company and the Trustee (the "BASE
INDENTURE"), as supplemented by a Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of
October 6, 1999 between the Company and the Trustee (the "SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE" and together with the Base Indenture, the "ORIGINAL INDENTURE");

         WHEREAS, the Company executed and delivered the Base Indenture to the
Trustee to provide for the issuance of the Company's Debt Securities (as
defined therein) to be issued from time to time in one or more series as might
be determined by the Company under the Base Indenture, in an unlimited
aggregate principal amount which may be authenticated and delivered as provided
in the Base Indenture;

         WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Original Indenture, the Company
provided for the establishment of a series of its Debt Securities known as its
Auction Rate Reset Senior Notes Series A (the "SENIOR NOTES");

         WHEREAS, the Original Indenture provides that the Company and the
Trustee may amend the Original Indenture, with the consent of each Holder of
any Debt Security affected thereby, to provide for, among other things, a
change in the time at which any Debt Securities may or shall be repaid or
redeemed;

         WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee desire to modify certain
provisions of the Original Indenture to reflect a change in the Stated Maturity
of the Senior Notes, to provide for a modification of the redemption provisions
of the Senior Notes and to provide for a modification of the terms of
Remarketing of the Senior Notes;

         WHEREAS, The Bank of New York, at the direction and authorization of
Holders of the Debt Securities, not in its individual capacity but solely as
Holder, for the benefit of Cox RHINOS Trust, a Delaware statutory business
trust (the "TRUST") and Holders of the Debt Securities, of all of the Senior
Notes, desires to execute and deliver its consent to this Fifth Supplemental
Indenture;

         WHEREAS, each of the Company, as holder of Common Securities of the
Trust, and Intrepid Funding Master Trust, as holder of the Preferred Securities
of the Trust, have executed and delivered their consent, and authorization and

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direction for the Property Trustee to execute and deliver its consent, to this
Fifth Supplemental Indenture; and

         WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Fifth Supplemental
Indenture (and together with the Original Indenture, the "INDENTURE") a valid
indenture and agreement according to its terms have been and, upon execution
hereof, will be done.

         NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase and acceptance of the
Senior Notes by the Holder thereof, and for the purpose of amending and
restating certain terms of the Original Indenture relating to a change in the
Stated Maturity, the redemption provisions and the terms of Remarketing of the
Senior Notes, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee, and the Holder
consents, as follows:

                                   ARTICLE 1
                                  DEFINITIONS

         SECTION 1.01.     Definitions. (a) Capitalized terms used and not
defined in this Fifth Supplemental Indenture shall have the meanings assigned
to them in the Original Indenture.

         (b)      Each of the following definitions in Section 1.01 of the
Second Supplemental Indenture is hereby superseded in its entirety by the
following:

                  "MATURITY DATE" means October 7, 2002 if either (i) the
         Requesting Holders shall not have exercised their discretionary right
         to initiate a Remarketing on October 1, 2002 as provided in Section
         9.02(a) or (ii) the Remarketing initiated pursuant to Section 9.02(a)
         shall for any reason have not been consummated prior to October 7,
         2002; provided that (i) on and after the settlement of the sale of the
         Senior Notes or the Preferred Securities, as the case may be, in a
         successful Remarketing, the Maturity Date shall be Remarketed Maturity
         Date and (ii) prior to the settlement of the sale of the Senior Notes
         or the Preferred Securities, as the case may be, in a successful
         Remarketing, if at the time a Maintenance Event shall have occurred,
         the Maturity Date shall be the third Business Date after the
         occurrence of such Maintenance Event.

                  "REDEMPTION DATE" shall mean, when used with respect to any
         Senior Notes to be redeemed, the date fixed for such redemption by or
         pursuant to the Fifth Supplemental Indenture.

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                  "REMARKETING PRICE" means 100.00% of the aggregate principal
         amount of the Senior Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest (including
         Additional Interest, if any).

                  "REMARKETING SETTLEMENT DATE" means the Business Day
         immediately following the Reset Date.

         (c)      Section 1.01 of the Second Supplemental Indenture is hereby
supplemented by the addition of the following new definitions:

                  "DISCRETIONARY REDEMPTION" has the meaning set forth in
         Section 3.01(d) hereof.

                  "FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE" means the Fifth Supplemental
         Indenture dated as of August 28, 2002, between the Company and the
         Trustee.

                  A "MAINTENANCE EVENT" shall have occurred if, beginning on
         the date of the execution of the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, the
         undrawn availability under the Company's 5-Year Credit Agreement,
         dated as of September 26, 2000, as amended and restated from time to
         time, by and among the Company, certain banks and JPMorgan Chase Bank,
         as administrative agent, is less than $500,000,000.

                  "PARTIAL REDEMPTION" has the meaning set forth in Section
         3.01(c) hereof.

         (d)      The definitions of "Expected Reset Date", "Final Reset Date",
"Renewed Remarketing" and "Trigger Event" in Section 1.01 of the Second
Supplemental Indenture are hereby deleted.

                                   ARTICLE 2
                                  REMARKETING

         SECTION 2.01.     Remarketing Provisions. (a) Sections 9.02(a) and (b)
of the Second Supplemental Indenture are hereby superseded in their entirety by
the following:

                  (a)      On October 1, 2002, if the Senior Notes have been
         distributed to the holders of the Trust Securities, the holders of a
         majority in principal amount of the Senior Notes (the "REQUESTING
         HOLDERS") will have a discretionary option to require remarketing

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         of the Senior Notes. The Requesting Holders may exercise this right by
         delivering a written notice prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on
         such date to the Remarketing Agent. Upon the receipt of such notice,
         the Remarking Agent shall immediately deliver a written notice to the
         Company on behalf of the Requesting Holders (the "REMARKETING
         NOTICE"). If the Requesting Holders exercise their right to require
         the remarketing of the Senior Notes, the Reset Date shall be October
         3, 2002.

                  (b)      The Company shall, by notice to the Remarketing
         Agent no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on October 2, 2002,
         select and specify three Reference Corporate Dealers. The Remarketing
         Agent shall request Bids from such Reference Corporate Dealers by 3:00
         p.m., New York City time, on the Reset Date. The Remarketing Agent or
         an Affiliate or Associated Person thereof (any such person, an
         "AFFILIATED BIDDER") may, at its option, enter a Bid. The Remarketing
         Agent shall disclose to the Company the Bids obtained and determine
         the lowest Bid Rate (the "WINNING BID RATE") from among the Bids
         obtained on the Reset Date. By approximately 4:30 p.m., New York City
         time, on the Reset Date, the Remarketing Agent shall notify the
         Company and the Trustee of the Winning Bid Rate. If on a Reset Date,
         Bids are not submitted by at least two Reference Corporate Dealers, or
         if the lowest Bid submitted would result in a Winning Bid Rate in
         excess of the rate permitted by applicable law, the Remarketing shall
         be deemed to be a Failed Remarketing on such date. The Winning Bid
         Rate determined by the Remarketing Agent, absent manifest error, shall
         be binding and conclusive upon the holders of the Senior Notes, the
         Company and the Trust.

         (b)      Section 9.02(i) of the Second Supplemental Indenture is
amended by adding the phrase "and the Fifth Supplemental Indenture" following
the reference to "this Second Supplemental Indenture."

         SECTION 2.02.     Renewed Remarketing. Section 9.05 of the Second
Supplemental Indenture is hereby deleted in its entirety.

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                                   ARTICLE 3
                             REDEMPTION; REPAYMENT

         SECTION 3.01.     Discretionary Redemption. (a) Section 3.01 of the
Second Supplemental Indenture is hereby supplemented by the addition of the
following new subsections:

                  (c)      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the
         Company shall have the right at any time after execution of the Fifth
         Supplemental Indenture to and including October 1, 2002, upon two
         Business Days' prior written notice to the Holders, to redeem the
         Senior Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the
         principal amount of the Senior Notes being redeemed plus any accrued
         and unpaid interest thereon (including any Additional Interest) to the
         date of such redemption (a "PARTIAL REDEMPTION") and, simultaneous
         with such Partial Redemption, to cause a Like Amount of the Securities
         to be redeemed by the Trust at the Partial Redemption Price (as
         defined in the Trust Agreement) on a Pro Rata basis. The redemption
         price shall be paid prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the
         date of such redemption or such earlier time as the Company
         determines, provided that the Company shall deposit with the Trustee
         an amount sufficient to pay the redemption price prior to 10:00 a.m.,
         New York City time, on the Redemption Date.

                  (d)      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein,
         regardless of whether the Requesting Holders have delivered written
         notice to the Remarketing Agent requiring Remarketing pursuant to
         Section 9.02(a) hereof, the Company shall have the right at any time
         on or after October 2, 2002 upon same day prior written notice to the
         Holders to redeem the Senior Notes, in whole but not in part, at the
         Redemption Price (a "DISCRETIONARY REDEMPTION") and, simultaneous with
         such redemption, to cause a Like Amount of the Securities to be
         redeemed by the Trust at the Mandatory Redemption Price on a Pro Rata
         basis. The Redemption Price shall be paid prior to 12:00 noon, New
         York City time, on the date of such redemption or such earlier time as
         the Company determines, provided that the Company shall deposit with
         the Trustee an amount sufficient to pay the Redemption Price prior to
         10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Redemption Date.

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         SECTION 3.02.     Source of Redemption Payment. Article 3 of the
Second Supplemental Indenture is hereby supplemented by the addition of the
following new section:

                  SECTION 3.05.     Source of Redemption. Upon payment of the
         Redemption Price pursuant to the provisions of this Article 3, the
         Company shall furnish to the Holders at the time of such payment a
         certificate of an officer of the Company to the effect that the source
         of funding for such redemption of the Senior Notes is not the
         Company's Amended and Restated 364-day Credit Agreement, dated as of
         June 28, 2002, as amended and restated from time to time, by and among
         Cox, certain banks, JPMorgan Chase Bank, as administrative agent, and
         Bank of America, N.A. and Wachovia Bank National Association, as
         syndication agents.

         SECTION 3.03.     Source of Payment. Article 2 of the Second
Supplemental Indenture is hereby supplemented by the addition of the following
new section:

                  SECTION 2.08.     Source of Payment at Maturity. Upon payment
         of principal of the Senior Notes on the Maturity Date pursuant to the
         provisions of this Article 2, the Company shall furnish to the Holders
         at the time of such payment a certificate of an officer of the Company
         to the effect that the source of funding for such repayment of the
         Senior Notes is not the Company's Amended and Restated 364-day Credit
         Agreement, dated as of June 28, 2002, as amended and restated from
         time to time, by and among Cox, certain banks, JPMorgan Chase Bank, as
         administrative agent, and Bank of America, N.A. and Wachovia Bank
         National Association, as syndication agents.

                                   ARTICLE 4
                              FORM OF SENIOR NOTE

         SECTION 4.01.     Form of Senior Note. (a) The Senior Notes and the
Trustee's certificate of authentication, as amended by this Fifth Supplemental
Indenture, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto and hereby
replaces in its entirety Exhibit A-1 to the Second Supplemental Indenture. The
Trustee shall authenticate and make such new Senior Notes available for
delivery to the Holders of the Senior Notes upon surrender of the prior
certificates therefor or delivery by the Property Trustee to the Company of an
affidavit, in a form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee, attesting
that the prior certificates

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have been lost or destroyed. Upon receipt by the Company of the prior
certificates or the aforementioned affidavit, the prior certificates
representing the Senior Notes shall be canceled by the Trustee and shall no
longer be outstanding.

         (b)      The Replacement Notes shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-2 hereto and hereby replaces in its entirety Exhibit A-2 to the
Second Supplemental Indenture.

                                   ARTICLE 5
                               CONSENT OF HOLDERS

         SECTION 5.01.     Consent of the Holders of the Senior Notes. The Bank
of New York, as the Property Trustee of the Trust, hereby unconditionally
consents, accepts and agrees to all aspects of this Fifth Supplemental
Indenture, the new Senior Notes, and the Replacement Notes.

                                   ARTICLE 6
                                 MISCELLANEOUS

         SECTION 6.01.     Ratification of Base Indenture and Second
Supplemental Indenture; Fifth Supplemental Indenture Controls. The Base
Indenture, as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture and this Fifth
Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this
Fifth Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Base Indenture in the
manner and to the extent herein and therein provided. The provisions of this
Fifth Supplemental Indenture shall supersede the provisions of the Base
Indenture and the Second Supplemental Indenture to the extent either the Base
Indenture or the Second Supplemental Indenture is inconsistent herewith.

         SECTION 6.02.     Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals. The recitals
herein contained are made by the Company and not by the Trustee, and the
Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. The Trustee
makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Fifth
Supplemental Indenture.

         SECTION 6.03.     Governing Law. This Fifth Supplemental Indenture
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York, as applied to contracts made and performed within the State of New
York, without regard to its principles of conflicts of laws.

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         SECTION 6.04.     Severability. If any provision in the Base
Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture, this Fifth Supplemental Indenture
or in the Senior Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.

         SECTION 6.05.     Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of
copies of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an
original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. Any signed
copy shall be sufficient proof of this Fifth Supplemental Indenture.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fifth
Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above
written.

                                    COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                                    By: /s/ Jimmy W. Hayes
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Title: Executive Vice President,
                                              Finance and Administration and
                                              Chief Financial Officer

                                    THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
                                        as Trustee

                                    By: /s/ Mary LaGumina
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Title: Vice President

Consented to, accepted and agreed:

THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
   as the Property Trustee of the
   COX RHINOS TRUST,
   Holder of  the Senior Notes

By: /s/ Mary LaGumina
   ---------------------------------
   Title: Vice President

<PAGE>

                                                                    EXHIBIT A-1

                             [FORM OF SENIOR NOTE]

IF A DISSOLUTION EVENT HAS OCCURRED, INSERT THE FOLLOWING - THE SECURITY
EVIDENCED HEREBY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD
EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE
HOLDER AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE SECURITIES
EVIDENCED HEREBY EXCEPT TO (1) COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC. OR ANY AFFILIATE
THEREOF, (2) BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, (3) ANY ENTITY
SPONSORED OR ORGANIZED BY, ON BEHALF OF, OR FOR THE PRIMARY USE OF, BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A. OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES OR (4) A SECONDARY PURCHASER (AS DEFINED
IN THE AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT OF COX RHINOS TRUST DATED AS OF
OCTOBER 6, 1999 (AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE "TRUST AGREEMENT")) THAT AS
OF THE RESET DATE HAS ENTERED INTO A SECONDARY PURCHASE AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED
IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT) WITH COX RHINOS TRUST.

FROM AND AFTER THE REMARKETING SETTLEMENT DATE ON WHICH REPLACEMENT NOTES ARE
ISSUED TO ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE PROPERTY TRUSTEE, THIS INSTRUMENT SHALL
REPRESENT ONLY THE RIGHT TO RECEIVE THE REMARKETING PRICE, AS PROVIDED IN THE
TRUST AGREEMENT, AND SHALL NO LONGER REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF THE COMPANY.

<PAGE>

No. ________                                                  CUSIP NO.________

                            COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                    AUCTION RATE RESET SENIOR NOTE SERIES A

         Cox Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY," which
term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay the principal sum of
five hundred fifteen million five hundred thousand dollars ($515,500,000) on
the Maturity Date.

         (a)      Interest on the principal amount of this Senior Note will
accrue and be payable at a rate (the "INTEREST RATE") per annum equal to

                  (i)      from and including the Closing Date to but excluding
         the earlier of (A) the Remarketing Settlement Date on which
         Replacement Notes are issued and (B) the date on which the principal
         amount of this Senior Note becomes due upon the maturity, acceleration
         or redemption thereof, LIBOR plus 75 basis points increasing by 50
         basis points upon the date of occurrence of a Failed Remarketing and
         by an additional 50 basis points on the corresponding day of each
         calendar month thereafter (the "MARGIN");

                  (ii)     except as provided in clause (iii) below, from and
         including the Remarketing Settlement Date on which Replacement Notes
         are issued to but excluding the date on which the principal amount of
         the Senior Notes becomes due upon the maturity, acceleration or
         redemption thereof, the Winning Bid Rate; and

                  (iii)    if the Company fails to pay the principal amount due
         upon the maturity, acceleration or redemption of this Senior Note on
         the date such amount becomes due, from and including such due date to
         but excluding the date of actual payment by the Company, the
         applicable periodic Interest Rate compounded quarterly.

         Interest that is not paid when due will bear additional interest
thereon compounded quarterly at the applicable periodic Interest Rate (to the
extent permitted by applicable law).

         The term "INTEREST", as used herein, includes any Additional Interest
unless otherwise stated.

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         (b)      Until the Remarketing Settlement Date on which Replacement
Notes are issued, interest on this Senior Note will be payable quarterly
(subject to deferral as set forth herein) in arrears (i) on October 15, January
15, April 15 and July 15 of each year, commencing January 15, 2000 and (ii) on
such Remarketing Settlement Date (each, a "PRE-REMARKETING INTEREST PAYMENT
DATE"), and will accrue from and including the most recent date to which
interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the Closing Date
to but excluding the related Pre-Remarketing Interest Payment Date, except as
otherwise described below.

         The Interest Rate in effect for the period from and including the
Closing Date to but excluding January 15, 2000 shall be the rate determined by
the Calculation Agent two London Banking Days prior to the Closing Date and
shall equal LIBOR plus 75 basis points. The Interest Rate in effect thereafter,
for each quarterly period from and including the immediately preceding
Pre-Remarketing Interest Payment Date to but excluding the applicable
Pre-Remarketing Interest Payment Date, shall be determined by the Calculation
Agent two London Banking Days prior to such immediately preceding
Pre-Remarketing Interest Payment Date (a "DATE OF DETERMINATION") and shall
equal LIBOR plus the Margin. Prior to the Remarketing Settlement Date, the
amount of interest payable for any period shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed in such period. If a
Pre-Remarketing Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, then such
Pre-Remarketing Interest Payment Date will be the next succeeding Business Day,
except if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, such
Pre-Remarketing Distribution Date will be the immediately preceding Business
Day.

         As used herein, "LONDON BANKING DAY" means any day on which dealings
in deposits in U.S. Dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.

         All percentages resulting from any calculations on the Senior Notes
will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a
percentage point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upward
(e.g., 9.876545% (or .09876545) being rounded to 9.87655% (or .0987655)), and
all dollar amounts used in or resulting from such calculations will be rounded
to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upward).

         (c)      From and including the Remarketing Settlement Date on which
Replacement Notes are issued, interest on the Replacement Notes will be payable
quarterly in arrears (i) on the interest payment dates set forth in such
Replacement Notes, commencing on the Remarketing Settlement Date and (ii) on
the Maturity Date (each, an "INTEREST PAYMENT DATE"), and will accrue from the
most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been
paid, from and

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including the Remarketing Settlement Date, to but excluding the related
Interest Payment Date, except as otherwise described below. From and including
the Remarketing Settlement Date, the amount of interest payable for any period
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Except as provided in the last sentence of this paragraph, from and including
the Remarketing Settlement Date the amount of interest payable for any period
shorter than a full quarterly period for which interest is computed will be
computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed per 30-day month. If
an Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, then such Interest Payment Date
will be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day (and without interest or
other payment in respect of any such delay).

         (d)      Interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name this
Senior Note or any predecessor Senior Note is registered on the books and
records of the Company at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for
such interest installment, which shall be fifteen (15) days prior to a
Pre-Remarketing Interest Payment Date (the "PRE-REMARKETING REGULAR RECORD
DATE"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the Holder of this Senior
Note is the Property Trustee, the payment of the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest on this Senior Note will be made at such place and to such
account as may be designated by the Property Trustee.

         This Senior Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Indenture hereinafter referred to, be valid or become obligatory for any
purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed
by or on behalf of the Trustee.

         The provisions of this Senior Note are continued on the reverse side
hereof and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same
effect as though fully set forth at this place.

                                      A1-4
<PAGE>

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be
executed.

                                    COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                                    By:
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:
                                       Title:

Attest:

By:
   ---------------------------
   Name:
   Title:

                                      A1-5
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                    [FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION]

                         CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the series described in the within-mentioned
Indenture.

Dated:

THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
   as Trustee

By:
   -----------------------------
   Authorized Signatory

                                      A1-6
<PAGE>

                           [FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]

         This Senior Note is one of a duly authorized series of Debt Securities
of the Company (herein sometimes referred to as the "SENIOR NOTES"), specified
in the Base Indenture (as defined below), all issued or to be issued in one or
more series under and pursuant to an Indenture (the "BASE INDENTURE") dated as
of June 27, 1995, duly executed and delivered between the Company and The Bank
of New York, as Trustee (the "TRUSTEE"), as supplemented by the Second
Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 6, 1999 between the Company and the
Trustee (the "SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE") and as further supplemented by
the Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 28, 2002 between the
Company and the Trustee (the "FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE" and together with
the Base Indenture and the Second Supplemental Indenture, the "INDENTURE"), to
which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby
made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations,
duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of
the Senior Notes. By the terms of the Indenture, the Senior Notes are issuable
thereunder in series that may vary as to amount, date of maturity, rate of
interest and in other respects as provided in the Indenture. This series of
Senior Notes is limited in aggregate principal amount as specified in such
Second Supplemental Indenture and herein sometimes referred to as the "SENIOR
NOTES."

         Because of the occurrence and continuation of a Special Event or a
Qualifying Equity Offering, in certain circumstances, this Senior Note may
become due and payable at the principal amount together with any interest
accrued thereon (including Additional Interest) (the "REDEMPTION PRICE").

         After execution of the Fifth Supplemental Indenture to and including
October 1, 2002, upon two Business Days' prior written notice to the Holders,
the Company shall have the right to redeem the Senior Notes, in whole or in
part, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount of the Senior Notes
being redeemed plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon (including any
Additional Interest) to the date of such redemption.

         The Company shall have the right at any time on or after October 2,
2002 until the Remarketing Settlement Date upon same day prior written notice
to the Holder to redeem the Senior Notes, in whole but not in part, at the
Redemption Price.

         In addition, the Company shall have a right to redeem the Senior
Notes, in whole but not in part, from and after the fifth anniversary of the
Remarketing Settlement Date, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days'
notice at the Redemption Price.

                                      A1-7
<PAGE>

         The Redemption Price shall be paid prior to 12:00 noon, New York City
time, on the date of such redemption or at such earlier time as the Company
determines. If the Maturity Date or any other date fixed for redemption of the
Senior Notes is not a Business Day, then payment of the Redemption Price or
principal payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day that is
a Business Day with interest thereon to the date of payment.

         In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have
occurred and be continuing, the principal of all of the Senior Notes may be
declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the
manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the
Indenture.

         The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the
Trustee, with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes and each other series of Debt
Securities Outstanding and affected, to execute supplemental indentures for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating
any of the provisions of the Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights
of the holders of such Series of Securities; provided that the Company and the
Trustee may not, without the consent of the holder of each Senior Note then
Outstanding and affected thereby: (a) change the time of payment of the
principal (or any installment) of any Senior Note, or reduce the principal
amount thereof, or reduce the rate or change the time of payment of interest
thereon, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any
payment on any Senior Note when due, (b) reduce the percentage in principal
amount of the Senior Notes the consent of whose holders is required to execute
any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose holders is required
for any waiver provided for in the Indenture or (c) subject to certain
exceptions, modify provisions of the Indenture relating to the waiver of past
defaults with respect to the Senior Notes and the execution of supplemental
indentures. The Indenture also contains provisions providing that prior to the
acceleration of the maturity of any Senior Note, the holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes may, on behalf of the holders of all
Senior Notes, waive any past default with respect to the Senior Notes and its
consequences, except a default (i) in respect of a covenant or provision of the
Indenture or of any Senior Note that cannot be modified or amended without the
consent of the holder of each outstanding Senior Note or (ii) in the payment of
the principal of, any premium or interest (including any Additional Interest)
on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to the Senior Notes. Any such
consent or waiver by the registered holder of this Senior Note (unless revoked
as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder
and upon all future holders and owners of this Senior Note and of any Senior
Note issued in exchange herefor or in place hereof (whether by

                                      A1-8
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registration or transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any
notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Senior Note.

         No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Senior
Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and premium, if
any, and interest on this Senior Note at the time and place and at the rate and
in the money herein prescribed.

         Subject to the last sentence of this paragraph, the Company shall have
the right at any time during the term of this Senior Note, from time to time,
to extend the interest payment period of such Senior Note for a period not to
exceed 20 consecutive quarterly periods (each such deferral period an
"EXTENSION PERIOD"), during which periods the Company shall have the right not
to make payments of interest on any Interest Payment Date. On the last day of
any such Extension Period, which shall be an Interest Payment Date, the Company
shall pay all interest then accrued and unpaid (together with Additional
Interest, if any, thereon to the extent permitted by applicable law) to the
Person in whose name such Senior Note or any predecessor Senior Note is
registered on the books and records of the Company at the close of business on
the Regular Record Date for such Interest Payment Date. Prior to the
termination of any such Extension Period, the Company may further extend the
interest payment period; provided that no Extension Period together with all
such previous and further extensions thereof shall (i) exceed 20 consecutive
quarterly periods or (ii) extend beyond the Mandatory Redemption Date, if the
Trust Securities are at the time outstanding, or the Maturity Date of this
Senior Note. Upon the termination of any such Extension Period and upon the
payment of all accrued and unpaid interest and any Additional Interest then
due, the Company may elect to begin a new Extension Period, subject to the
above requirements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a Failed
Remarketing, any then current Extension Period shall terminate on the date of
such Failed Remarketing and all deferred payments of interest shall be due and
payable on such date, and no Extension Period may thereafter commence unless
and until there shall have been a successful Remarketing of all of the
Preferred Securities (or the Senior Notes).

         As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations herein
and therein set forth, this Senior Note is transferable by the registered
holder hereof on the Securities Register of the Company, upon surrender of this
Senior Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Trustee
in The City and State of New York accompanied by a written instrument or
instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company or the Trustee duly
executed by the registered Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing, and thereupon one or more new Senior Notes of authorized denominations
and for the same aggregate

                                      A1-9
<PAGE>

principal amount and series will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees. No service charge will be made for any such transfer, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in relation thereto.

         Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this Senior
Note, the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and the Securities Registrar
may deem and treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof
(whether or not this Senior Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any
notice of ownership or writing hereon made by anyone other than the Securities
Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the
principal hereof and premium, if any, and interest due hereon and for all other
purposes, and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any
Securities Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

         No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the
interest on this Senior Note, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in
respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture, against any
incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, as
such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, whether by
virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of
any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the
acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof,
expressly waived and released.

         The Senior Notes of this series are issuable only in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $100,000 and any integral multiple of
$1,000 thereof. A holder of Senior Notes may transfer or exchange Senior Notes
held by it only in minimum denominations of $100,000 and integral multiples of
$1,000 in excess thereof. Any attempted transfer, sale or other disposition of
Senior Notes in a denomination of less than $100,000 shall be deemed to be void
and of no legal effect whatsoever.

         All terms used in this Senior Note that are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

THE INDENTURE AND THE SENIOR NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS
PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.

                                     A1-10
<PAGE>

                                                                    EXHIBIT A-2

                           [FORM OF REPLACEMENT NOTE]

         IF THE NOTE IS TO BE A GLOBAL SENIOR NOTE, INSERT THE FOLLOWING - THIS
NOTE IS IN GLOBAL FORM WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED
TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITORY.
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN
CERTIFICATED FORM IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, THIS
SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE (1) BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY, (2) BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY
OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR (3) BY THE DEPOSITORY OR ANY SUCH
NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY.
UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT
FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT
HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR
VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY A PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF,
CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

         IF A DISSOLUTION EVENT HAS OCCURRED, INSERT THE FOLLOWING - THE
SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED
OR SOLD EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION
HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A "QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR (B) IT HAS
ACQUIRED THE SECURITIES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF
RULE 903 OR 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT PRIOR TO
THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE TO SALES OF THE SECURITY
EVIDENCED HEREBY UNDER RULE 144(k) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (OR ANY SUCCESSOR
PROVISION) RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY EXCEPT TO
(A) COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC. OR ANY

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AFFILIATE THEREOF, (B) A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE
144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (C) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (3) AGREES THAT IT
WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS
TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. AT THE REQUEST
OF THE HOLDER, THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING
PERIOD APPLICABLE TO THE SALE OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY UNDER RULE
144(k) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

                                     A1-12
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No.__________                                                 CUSIP NO.________

                            COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                    AUCTION RATE RESET SENIOR NOTE SERIES A
                                REPLACEMENT NOTE

         Cox Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY", which
term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay the principal sum of
____________ dollars ($__________) on the Maturity Date.

         (a)      Interest on the principal amount of this Senior Note will
accrue and be payable at a rate (the "INTEREST RATE") per annum equal to, from
and including the date of issuance to but excluding the date such principal
amount is paid, the Winning Bid Rate; and if the Company fails to pay the
principal amount on the date such amount becomes due, then from and including
such due date to but excluding the date such principal amount is paid, the
applicable periodic Interest Rate, compounded quarterly, but only to the extent
permitted by applicable law.

         Interest that is not paid when due will bear additional interest
thereon compounded quarterly at the applicable periodic Interest Rate (to the
extent permitted by applicable law).

         The term "INTEREST", as used herein, includes any Additional Interest
unless otherwise stated.

         (b)      From and including the date of issuance, interest on this
Replacement Note will be payable quarterly in arrears (i) on ______, ______,
______ and _______ of each year, commencing on the Remarketing Settlement Date
on which this Replacement Note is issued and (ii) on the Maturity Date (each,
an "INTEREST PAYMENT DATE"), and will accrue from the most recent date to which
interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from and including the
date of issuance, to but excluding the related Interest Payment Date, except as
otherwise described below. The amount of interest payable for any period shall
be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. Except as
provided in the last sentence of this paragraph, the amount of interest payable
for any period shorter than a full quarterly period for which interest is
computed will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed per
30-day month. If an Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, then such
Interest Payment Date will be the next succeeding Business Day (and without any
interest or other payment in respect of any such delay).

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<PAGE>

         (c)      Interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name the Senior
Note or any predecessor Senior Note is registered on the books and records of
the Company at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest installment, which, in respect of Senior Notes of which the Property
Trustee is the Holder and the related Preferred Securities are in book-entry
only form or a Global Senior Note, shall be the close of business on the
Business Day next preceding that Interest Payment Date (the "REGULAR RECORD
DATE"). If the Senior Notes are not represented by a Global Senior Note, the
Regular Record Date for such interest installment shall be fifteen (15) days
prior to an Interest Payment Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as
the Holder of this Senior Note is the Property Trustee, the payment of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Senior Note will be
made at such place and to such account as may be designated by the Property
Trustee.

         This Senior Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Indenture hereinafter referred to, be valid or become obligatory for any
purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed
by or on behalf of the Trustee.

         The provisions of this Senior Note are continued on the reverse side
hereof and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same
effect as though fully set forth at this place.

                                      A2-2
<PAGE>

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be
executed.

                                    COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                                    By:
                                       ----------------------------------------
                                       Name:
                                       Title:

Attest:

By:
   -----------------------------
   Name:
   Title:

                                      A2-3
<PAGE>

                    [FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION]

                         CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in
the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated:

THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
   as Trustee

By:
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      Authorized Signatory

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                           [FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]

         This Senior Note is one of a duly authorized series of Securities of
the Company (herein sometimes referred to as the "SENIOR NOTES"), specified in
the Base Indenture (as defined below), all issued or to be issued in one or
more series under and pursuant to an Indenture (the "BASE INDENTURE") dated as
of June 27, 1995, duly executed and delivered between the Company and The Bank
of New York, as Trustee (the "TRUSTEE"), as supplemented by the Second
Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 6, 1999 between the Company and the
Trustee (the "SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE") and as further supplemented by
the Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 28, 2002 between the
Company and the Trustee (the "FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE" and together with
the Base Indenture and the Second Supplemental Indenture, the "INDENTURE"), to
which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby
made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations,
duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the holders of
the Senior Notes. By the terms of the Indenture, the Senior Notes are issuable
thereunder in series that may vary as to amount, date of maturity, rate of
interest and in other respects as provided in the Indenture. This series of
Senior Notes is limited in aggregate principal amount as specified in such
Second Supplemental Indenture and herein sometimes referred to as the "SENIOR
NOTES."

         Because of the occurrence and continuation of a Special Event, an
Optional Redemption or a Discretionary Redemption in certain circumstances,
this Senior Note may become due and payable at the principal amount together
with any interest accrued thereon (including Additional Interest) (the
"REDEMPTION PRICE").

         In addition, the Company shall have a right to redeem the Senior Note,
in whole but not in part, from and after the fifth anniversary of the
Remarketing Settlement Date, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days'
notice at the Redemption Price.

         The Redemption Price shall be paid prior to 12:00 noon, New York City
time, on the date of such redemption or at such earlier time as the Company
determines. If the Maturity Date or any other date fixed for redemption of the
Senior Notes is not a Business Day, then payment of the Redemption Price or
principal payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day that is
a Business Day with interest thereon to the date of payment.

         In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have
occurred and be continuing, the principal of all of the Senior Notes may be

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declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable, in the
manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the
Indenture.

         The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the
Trustee, with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes and each other series of
Securities Outstanding and affected, to execute supplemental indentures for the
purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating
any of the provisions of the Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights
of the holders of such Series of Securities; provided that the Company and the
Trustee may not, without the consent of the holder of each Senior Note then
outstanding and affected thereby: (a) change the time of payment of the
principal (or any installment) of any Senior Note, or reduce the principal
amount thereof, or reduce the rate or change the time of payment of interest
thereon, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any
payment on any Senior Note when due, (b) reduce the percentage in principal
amount of the Senior Notes the consent of whose holders is required to execute
any such supplemental indenture or the consent of whose holders is required for
any waiver provided for in the indenture or (c) subject to certain exceptions,
modify provisions of the Indenture relating to the waiver of past defaults with
respect to the Senior Notes and the execution of supplemental indentures. The
Indenture also contains provisions providing that prior to the acceleration of
the maturity of any Senior Note, the holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of Senior Notes may, on behalf of the holders of all Senior
Notes, waive any past default with respect to the Senior Notes and its
consequences, except a default (i) in respect of a covenant or provision of the
Indenture or of any Senior Note that cannot be modified or amended without the
consent of the holder of each Outstanding Senior Note or (ii) in the payment of
the principal of, any premium or interest (including any Additional Interest)
on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to the Senior Notes. Any such
consent or waiver by the registered holder of this Senior Note (unless revoked
as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder
and upon all future holders and owners of this Senior Note and of any Senior
Note issued in exchange herefor or in place hereof (whether by registration or
transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any notation of such
consent or waiver is made upon this Senior Note.

         No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Senior
Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and premium, if
any, and interest on this Senior Note at the time and place and at the rate and
in the money herein prescribed.

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         The Company shall have the right at any time during the term of this
Senior Note, from time to time, to extend the interest payment period of such
Senior Note for a period not to exceed 20 consecutive quarterly periods (each
such deferral period an "EXTENSION PERIOD"), during which periods the Company
shall have the right not to make payments of interest on any Interest Payment
Date. On the last day of any such Extension Period, which shall be an Interest
Payment Date, the Company shall pay all interest then accrued and unpaid
(together with Additional Interest, if any, thereon to the extent permitted by
applicable law) to the Person in whose name such Senior Note or any predecessor
Senior Note is registered on the books and records of the Company at the close
of business on the Regular Record Date for such Interest Payment Date. Prior to
the termination of any such Extension Period, the Company may further extend
the interest payment period; provided that no Extension Period together with
all such previous and further extensions thereof shall (i) exceed 20
consecutive quarterly periods or (ii) extend beyond the Mandatory Redemption
Date, if the Trust Securities are at the time outstanding, or the Maturity Date
of this Senior Note. Upon the termination of any such Extension Period and upon
the payment of all accrued and unpaid interest and any Additional Interest then
due, the Company may elect to begin a new Extension Period.

         As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations herein
and therein set forth, this Senior Note is transferable by the registered
holder hereof on the Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Senior
Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Trustee in The
City and State of New York accompanied by a written instrument or instruments
of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company or the Trustee duly executed by
the registered Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and
thereupon one or more new Senior Notes of authorized denominations and for the
same aggregate principal amount and series will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees. No service charge will be made for any such
transfer, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge payable in relation thereto.

         Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this Senior
Note, the Company, the Trustee, any paying agent and the Securities Registrar
may deem and treat the registered holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof
(whether or not this Senior Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any
notice of ownership or writing hereon made by anyone other than the Securities
Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the
principal hereof and premium, if any, and interest due hereon and for all other
purposes, and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any
Securities Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

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         No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the
interest on this Senior Note, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in
respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture, against any
incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future, as
such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, whether by
virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of
any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the
acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof,
expressly waived and released.

         The Senior Notes of this series are issuable only in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $100,000 and any integral multiple of
$1,000 thereof. A holder of Senior Notes may transfer or exchange Senior Notes
held by it only in minimum denominations of $100,000 and integral multiples of
$1,000 in excess thereof. Any attempted transfer, sale or other disposition of
Senior Notes in a denomination of less than $100,000 shall be deemed to be void
and of no legal effect whatsoever.

         All terms used in this Senior Note that are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

         THE INDENTURE AND THE SENIOR NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS
PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.

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