I may not be an old timer, but I can say not to worry with old timers retiring, people getting tired of the bs and getting out, house drops getting cut, and new technology and demand for older cables and mainline expected to support higher frequencies that they can't plus the new cable that I saw that I believe will revolutionize the communication industry where the cable and phone is in one cable we will be is very high demand within 2 years again.
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