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Wicked bad cable fails: Photos

Oct. 18, 2019

Halloween's coming, our editorial offices are in New England, and these are some wicked bad ICT cabling fails.

October is THE month for all 'Wizard of Oz' references.

Welcome to our periodic round-up of the most diabolical ICT cabling job site fails, as glimpsed on social media at Reddit's photographic sub-communities for 'Cablefail' and 'Cablegore'.

Halloween's almost here, our editorial offices are in New England, and these are some wicked bad cable fails right here. Enjoy.

"When you install the new pole but the lines don’t reach. That cone goes directly underground." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP [orig. poster]: Teh_Pwnr77

"Massive junction box in the ceiling for riser room cable. Looks like everyone gave up when fiber came into play." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: tibbymat

"This spaghetti." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: bahew94

"Twenty+ years of outsourcing....There's some 3750's under there somewhere." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: hathill

" *Anxiety intensifies* " -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: BobBelcherSaysIdiot

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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]