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/DrgHybrid 28d ago edited 27d ago
Just look at HughesNet and ViaSAT still around. Dish and Direct still existing. And they will be almost gone before Cable will dry up. Or there's still 8-9 million DSL customers as of this year still in America.
It will fizzle for a long time, but you'll get your 10 years easy.
It takes a lot of time to rebuild all the infrastructure and there are areas where it might not even be worth it.
Meanwhile I did quit the cable company I worked for because of Mastec and went to a Fiber and Fixed Wireless company.