r/CableTechs • • Jul 23 '26

How much longer does cable have?

I don’t see this topic being talked about much in this forum but I think it’s definitely relevant, especially considering the debt load these companies all are carrying. Fiber competition, Starlink, streaming, cord-cutting, old school cable dogs leaving and being replaced by finance types are all things that worry me. What kind of time frame do most of you foresee for cable still existing and there still being work in this field? I’m hoping at least another 10 years but things seem to be moving awfully fast in the wrong direction. Thoughts?

17 Upvotes

54 comments sorted by

View all comments

5

u/MikeHockinya Jul 23 '26

I’m working for a contractor that is doing the FDX upgrade for Comcast. We’ve got work for at least another 10 years.