ISP Installer

byron66

Has anybody worked as an Service Provider Installer? What was it like or experience with the job? Did you like it or dislike it?

Deathmage

I did it for 4 months then got my 1st IT job since I knew more about IT stuff that anyone else in the division and decided being the fall guy for the regional and operational manager IT issues wasn't what I was hired for at the pay rate they were giving me...

If your a very technical person in term of IT you will get bored extremely fast...

byron66

I'm trying to gain experience while in school. So I thought it would be an good idea to apply.

Codyy

Get all of the experience you can while in school, it'll only help you land a solid job afterwards.

thomas_

I saw a bunch of TWC ads in my area looking for technicians. Ultimately I decided not to apply because I didn't feel like being the guy who received the brunt of residential customer's anger when their internet service went out, especially since I had TWC at the time and the internet service went out a lot more than you would expect it to.

Russell77

I did installs as part of a larger job. I also did them in the early days of people moving off dial up. Back then it was a lot of fun. You meet a lot of people and develop your customer facing skills. I worked from the d-marc in so no poles to climb. Just chase wire and get link light on. Interface to the customers network even though I was not supposed to. This job will not hurt you and it is always better to show work history when you are moving on to the next job.

byron66

I don't mind climbing things but I do have an extreme fear of spiders so I will not be a big fan for going in basements and stuff like that.

Mooseboost

It will really depend on who you work for. I worked help desk for a local ISP and our techs got treated pretty well. The business techs got to work with Adtrans, VoiP, switches, routing, etc. The residential side, not as much but still a good variety of hands on with fiber and copper. I have heard from some of them that migrated from other ISPs that it is a mixed bag of nuts depending who you work for. It will also depend if you are contracted out or work directly for the company. I think the current trend is business side techs are company and residential techs are contracted.