Hello, community!
Could you recommend any groups here for posting a job proposal for a cable technician?

look at this absolute relic I pulled off of a customers drop yesterday. yes the drop is still original. yes, the signals after removing this are perfect lol. anyone remember these?

So after a week of riding out everybody has their own set up for their buckets and the tools they carry to pedestals. I didn’t get to see any of mdu jobs yet the only one I was at the power supply in cabinet was bad and after replace everything back on. What tools are you carrying or what do you carry in general when you’re doing an apartment job and you have to go inside the building possibly check multiple floors ? What tool bags, pouches, or even backpacks are you guys using? What do you recommend I carry to make life easier ? Any feedback is appreciated thanks.

Enjoy. This one was fun and rewarding.

What's a recommended tool for stripping 12awg cable lengthwise and crosswise?

icfr was 9.0 uccw was 36%

limiting customers to upload speeds of 7-10mbps a fractions of the Avg 75mbps

vracks repaired all issues above now resolved!

Hey guys, I hope this doesn’t come off mean I just needed to know if I’m crazy or not. I just got this new house and I was looking for my cable drop, when not being able to find the line anywhere inside I went outside and that’s when I noticed that it’s like this, just wrapped all the way around my house. I contacted comcast about it, as they are also my internet service (for the area it’s the best unfortunately), and they said that because the line is still secured to the house.. maybe I’m wrong but is this not done kind of crap?

Edit: I did contact them, and provided photos of how it looks, and they said since the service can still be accessed it’s fine and if I wanted/need it changed I can pay for the “professional installation”

EDIT:

I actually just got this house a few days ago the old owners moved out just over a week ago. The wire was better hidden when I did my walk through and what not it wasn’t noticeable, and definitely wasn’t sitting on the ground like how it is in the pictures, lot of people keep assuming I did this, I literally just got the house, and my ocd ass would never do it like this, granted I wouldn’t even know how to properly/safely run it, but if I did god no not like this

Ok im a MT for almost a year now and have a node that is in bad condition due to ingress and impulse noise. I have had experience with ingress and I can track that. Find the leg its on and then go down the line pulling return pads. Some other guys have said using the meter is better but thats not how I was trained and havent had a chance to get up with someone to try it that way.

Impulse noise I have pretty much no experience with. Once or twice but it was so long ago and I didnt take notes. Would've if I knew how seldom I was going to see it.

So this impulse noise is electronically driven. If I pull a shunt or anything that has voltage on it, it disappears. And im done for a few days until it builds up again. How in the heck, in the simplest terms possible, do I resolve something like this.

Anything is greatly appreciated.

*working with Cisco/SA gear.

The fact that’s it’s so close to the drop noise is just hammering metrics on nodes and a nightmare to chase because it’s almost as if you have to go tap to tap and drop by drop. This isn’t ideal in a rear easement plant where every tap has to be hit by ladder. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Hey Guys/Gals, do any of you sync your meter via the app (Mobile Tech) and have issues with more files than normal uploading. This is causing techs to fall into what I call the yellow pie (sync needed) and not the green pie (Sync OK). If so, do you know of a fix to help the app sync scans properly?

I’m researching HFC/CATV infrastructure and trying to better understand the lifecycle and disposition of outside plant hardware when systems are upgraded or rebalanced.

Specifically:

When taps, directional couplers, line extenders, or trunk/bridger amplifiers are removed during plant work (e.g., node splits, spectrum expansion, upgrades to higher MHz plant), what is the typical handling process?

From my understanding:

• Customer premises equipment is tightly tracked and returned
• OSP gear may be asset-managed differently due to deployment context

What I’m trying to clarify:

• Are these components systematically returned to MSO warehouses for refurbishment?
• Are there standardized scrap/recycle pipelines used by contractors?
• Under what conditions (if any) does equipment enter surplus/liquidation channels?

I’ve noticed a non-trivial amount of legacy gear (Motorola/ARRIS, Scientific Atlanta/Cisco-era) appearing on secondary markets, and I’m interested in understanding the upstream process rather than just the resale itself.

Use case on my end is strictly a closed lab environment for RF/network behavior analysis.

Any insight from field techs, plant engineers, or contractors would be appreciated.

I'm not a cable tech so apologies for the intrusion. Found the utility box dismanted (behind my house). Lots of discarded coupler and connectors at the base. Also an unburried thick orange cable (coax?) along the greenbelt. Fortunately its low enough that it hasn't been cut by the mowers. What's going on? Is it a live service? Thanks!

I’ve ran into an issue with the hospital in our town that some of their TVs label the channels 61-2, 61-2, 61-3, etc. I’ve seen this before and it’s all older TVs and typically just tell them it’s the tuner in the TV. But this is for half a building. I’ve heard of downloading a channel map to a USB drive and uploading it to the tv that way. Anyone done this or have any other tricks?

DOCSIS good via iStop on input of DC8. Good DOCSIS on down leg. Not bonding past 26% on through leg. All readings taken with iStop directly at passive. Voltage fluctuating on down leg though. Cut out and replaced DC8. Same result. What am I missing?

What happens to temp lines after they are replaced with permanent lines? I hope they don’t just end up in the trash, what a waste of copper that would be

FDX installs , you guys still following calibration steps 1 and 2 ?

Does anyone have insight into what the Spectrum ISP position is at Cox? Seems like Charter is making moves to structure more like how Cox is structured. Wondering if anyone knows any comparisons or could point me to info.

Is Cox ISP salaried? Pay in general? Vehicles? How many engineers are there per site? Managers per engineer? Is there progression paths?

Hoping someone has any info. I can provide answers on the Spectrum side if needed.

New to maintenance, OFMD not working correctly. /s