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Cable tie wizards: Photos

Feb. 28, 2020

The seas may dry, and the mountains may crumble, but the Zip-Ties vs. Velcro debate is forever.

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Welcome to our periodic round-up of ICT cabling installer excellence as seen posted in photographs to social media at Reddit's 'Cableporn' sub-community. As many in the ICT install and system integrator trade not only know, but have strong opinions about: The seas may dry, and the mountains may crumble, but the Zip-Ties vs. Velcro debate is forever...

"Backside of an Arris E6000 Converged Edge Router (CMTS) I just did this last year and it’s about to be decommissioned and replaced!" -- Reddit/Cableporn OP [orig. poster]: u/joshcam

"Data will flow smoothly." -- Reddit/Cableporn OP: u/twohandedfap_

"Trying out a different approach for airflow, what do you guys think?" -- Reddit/Cableporn OP: u/ksabev

"Work in progress today. Blue-Crestron DM. White-6A microphone data. Green-data/com. Black-rg8 antenna wire. Gray-speaker." -- Reddit/Cableporn OP: u/Audio813

"ToO mAnY zIp TiEs" -- Reddit/Cableporn OP: u/2073600_pixels

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]