EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the amended annual report on Form 10-K/A of Cox Communications, Inc. (the “Company”) for the period ended December 31, 2004, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as of the date hereof, I, James O. Robbins, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:

          (1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

          (2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ James O. Robbins

Name: James O. Robbins

Title: President and Chief

Executive Officer

Date: March 17, 2005

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 or other documentation authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to Cox Communications, Inc. and will be retained by Cox Communications, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

This certification “accompanies” the amended annual report on Form 10-K/A to which it relates, is not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Cox Communications, Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (whether made before or after the date of the amended annual report on Form 10-K/A, irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing).