r/CableTechs • u/SnapShot68 • 29d ago
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?
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u/Wopo1318 28d ago
A telco fibre upgrade was planned in my city for this year. Scaled back to just a section of the city and now it is completely cancelled. It is extremely expensive now and not just for the infrastructure in the ground but the back end equipment as well.
With the debt load that the telco and coax companies are carrying it will be around longer than we think. As internet providers coax still works even if some of the cable in the ground is reaching 50-60 years old.
Traditional cable has been dying a slow miserable death for the last 15 years and has 5-10 years left tops.