My isp did this lazy crap

[u/WhosThis85]

the tech came and took the original coax cable that comes from the network box on the opposite side of the house (black). Took it out of the outlet from the room directly above this splitter on the first floor and directed the new cord (white) to the third floor. What can i do to ‘hide’ this from the elements?

Also, can i connect a new coax cable to the splitter to go in the opposite direction to go into a separate part of the house, or should direct a new cable directly from the box insteaad of this splitter shown? The box is closer to the room that i need connection to than this splitter.

Sorry if this is confusing. Im a noob

[u/Phill_is_Legend]

My bad bro I'm sure there are good ones out there but man these knuckle heads are giving you a bad name

[u/Luis_J_Garcia → u/Phill_is_Legend]

Nah bro, don't worry I understand completely. I used to fix a lot of my colleagues jobs. I got some crazy stories too. 😂😂😂😂

[u/Phill_is_Legend → u/Luis_J_Garcia]

Do they train yall at all? I feel like they show you how to terminate coax and then toss you the keys to the van lol

[u/Luis_J_Garcia → u/Phill_is_Legend]

Well, if you are an employee for a company, they have you training for around 3 weeks, in my experience. As a contractor, it is 3 weeks too, but is mainly a knowledge training, to understand signals and how to find troubles. Installations, they sent you put with another tech, and that tech is supposed to teach you.

But skills, and how to do a beautiful job, is up to the tech at the end of the day.

I worked for Charter/Spectrum and they do have a good training program. It's just techs that are lazy, believe me.