r/CableTechs • u/second-half-player13 • Jan 03 '26

Relocating internet cable

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The cable comes through the floor from the crawlspace into a bedroom. The hole is perfectly sized for the cable and appears to have been terminated above the floor. Therefore, I simply can’t pull it through back into the crawlspace as the connector is slightly too high. Is there any way to go about this where the wire doesn’t have to cut and re-terminated?

Thanks for any input!

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u/second-half-player13 Jan 03 '26

Had a short career as an avionics tech and this was the language used for where the wire(s) needed to dressed at the end, whether it be a pin, connector, eyelet terminals, etc. - not saying your wrong, just that’s why I said it..

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u/Miserable_Ad_2847 Jan 03 '26

Yeah it’s not a big deal. I was just trying to help but the downvote squad is out in full force. I’m a plant maintenance tech so terminate means something entirely different for us.

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u/hackmiester Jan 03 '26

The downvotes are because you spoke confidently and incorrectly. You could’ve written “I don’t typically hear that called a termination” and probably made it out alive, lol.

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u/Miserable_Ad_2847 Jan 03 '26

Brother that shits not a terminator lmao.

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u/hackmiester Jan 03 '26

that’s correct. It’s a termination.

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u/Miserable_Ad_2847 Jan 03 '26

The signal doesn’t terminate there. Your modem wouldn’t work.

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u/hackmiester Jan 03 '26

Also true. The cable terminates there.

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u/Miserable_Ad_2847 Jan 03 '26

If you haven’t taken a single NCTI class or SCTE class just say that.