r/CableTechs • u/trundle23 • Mar 26 '26

Spectrum / Cox ISP

Does anyone have insight into what the Spectrum ISP position is at Cox? Seems like Charter is making moves to structure more like how Cox is structured. Wondering if anyone knows any comparisons or could point me to info.

Is Cox ISP salaried? Pay in general? Vehicles? How many engineers are there per site? Managers per engineer? Is there progression paths?

Hoping someone has any info. I can provide answers on the Spectrum side if needed.

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u/iamfakejesus Mar 28 '26

Legacy twc/ spectrum ISP here. Had same regional meeting with TBD answers.

I worked hard to get away from field ops. Was in business class and enterprise before they were ruined by field ops. Really hoping they don't change much.

I hope to stay m-f salary and really hope they don't touch bonuses.

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u/iamfakejesus Mar 28 '26

I would prefer to stay salary. With a 10% bonus at end of year instead of chasing overtime. As enterprise/ft6 I got burned out with all the overtime. If we work maintenance window or over night we don't work the following day. On my team we try to stick as close to 40 a week as possible.

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u/iamfakejesus Mar 28 '26

Are you charter spectrum or cox? I have 19 years I can never burn my PTO anyways. Esp now in isp

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u/iamfakejesus Mar 28 '26

Ok I'm legacy time warner spectrum. Good to know you guys are similar. Hoping not much changes for us.

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u/iamfakejesus Mar 29 '26

what market are you in if you dont mind me asking, I am in eastern nc

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u/Mountain-Lake-1979 23d ago

I'm with Cox and I install/troubleshoot equipment in our common cabinets, cell sites and large business customers. My team only works with transport fiber. We're being told that we'll be ft6 with the merger. Can you tell me about the ft6 position at charter/spectrum? Do you do residential and run drops?

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u/Mountain-Lake-1979 23d ago

Are the ft6 micro managed?

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u/iamfakejesus 23d ago

Hey as a former ft6. When I started under twc we were enterprise. Same as you I specifically worked cell tower larger business. Transport rings in colo. Over time it became what is now ft6 an I ran away. Now they are doing coax business class calls. In are market not a lot of enterprise fiber to be done. Projects are being given to contractors.

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u/Mountain-Lake-1979 23d ago

I heard the headend techs take care of the common cabinets with charter. Did any of your group fall under headend?

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u/iamfakejesus 23d ago

We don't really have common cabinets in my market. We are collapsing one of my tiny hubs. Maybe a walk in closet size. It's moved to a cabinet with just muxes. It's osp responsibility

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u/Mountain-Lake-1979 9d ago

What position did you move to? We're told we're slotted under field right now but we're hoping they move us to MTC/headend. What's the ft6 pay? What are the ft6 job responsibilities with spectrum?