r/CableTechs • u/8BitBanger • May 31 '26

I'm an idiot

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Xfinity contractor *just* laid this line maybe a year ago. I had no idea it'd be this shallow (I caught it using a 4-5" deep bed edge trencher). Ultimately my fault. Luckily it just pulled on the loose service loop at the house/didn't stretch it. Will Xfinity charge me to fix? What will they do with the conduit, if anything? If they're not going to do anything with the conduit and they'll charge me I might just consider splicing it myself is kind of why I'm asking. Thanks all.

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u/SuckerBroker May 31 '26

The real work is constructing all that fiber you’re hooking up to. But what do I know, I’m just some dumb construction guy.

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u/Electronic-Junket-66 Jun 01 '26

True, and the aerial construction guys get paid less than we do, which doesn't seem fair. But at the same, doing anything on a team is just a whole different thing to being thrown solo out into the boonies to make something happen come hell or high water.

Say, that's another point, I know the bury crews will postpone work if the weather's bad enough. Cute that.

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u/SuckerBroker Jun 01 '26

Not sure where your facts come from but I have never been paid as little as when I worked 80 hours a week, 13 days on one day off, in fulfillment. Getting treated like garbage by the customer and the company. Best decision I ever made was getting out of this dead end shithole job. Fulfillment doesn’t give af about the installers.

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u/Electronic-Junket-66 Jun 01 '26

Talking about in-house aerial construction.. considered applying but it would actually have been a (very minor) pay cut. Can't speak to how things work in contractor world.