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Core infrastructure failures: Must-see photos

July 10, 2019

As with apples, so it goes with ICT cabling installations. There's a bad one in every bunch...

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Welcome to our periodic round-up of the most penetrating structured cabling site work failures, as glimpsed on social media at Reddit's photo sub-communities for 'Cablefail' and 'Cablegore.'

"Yup, that's the core infrastructure of a multi-million dollar SAN." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP [orig. poster]: IDGAFMFROFL

"I guess it's quicker than grabbing the cable stretcher from the truck...the worst attempt at a BIX I’ve ever seen..." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP [orig. poster]: elhorneto

"Only 1/4 of the cables are plugged in." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP [orig. poster]: iLiveInABowl

"When the security guy just DGAF." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP [orig. poster]: ipsonator

"When you order a fiber-optic cable and open up the box 🤔 " -- Reddit/Cablegore OP [orig. poster]: ResidentTarget

Send your must-see cabling photos to [email protected].

About the Author

Matt Vincent | Senior Editor

Matt Vincent is a B2B technology journalist, editor and content producer with over 15 years of experience, specializing in the full range of media content production and management, as well as SEO and social media engagement best practices, for both Cabling Installation & Maintenance magazine and its website CablingInstall.com. He currently provides trade show, company, executive and field technology trend coverage for the ICT structured cabling, telecommunications networking, data center, IP physical security, and professional AV vertical market segments. Email: [email protected]