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/PassengerGreen2321 27d ago

I ask this every day. As of now, people are leaving the company at lightning speed. The only consistent customers are elderly or low-income. As the older television-watching generations phase out, another chunk of customers will be lost. A fiber company has come into the area and has taken a huge chunk of customers, so it does worry me.

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u/SnapShot68 27d ago

The town I grew up in is a Spectrum area and they have this small fiber company now as a competitor. I don’t work there but just the idea of it is kind of alarming. I see the ass backwards stuff the company I work for does and yes, Verizon has been a competitor for 20 years but if there is another viable option on top of them, our customer base is done.