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When IT steps out: Cabling photos

May 1, 2020

Wherein the music of Ms. Taylor Swift uncannily applies to images of ICT structured cabling malfeasance, as seen on social media.

Matt Vincent

As the ubiquitous Taylor Swift once sung, "You can walk away and say, we don't need this / But something in your eyes says, we can beat this." Was Ms. Swift addressing the ICT structured cabling crowd on Reddit with these sentiments? Almost certainly, the answer is no. And yet, the words to her song 'Change' apply to a frankly uncanny degree ("It's a sad picture/The final blow hits ya...") to our usual round-up of the most intractable cabling site debacles, as seen mostly submitted to the social media site's 'Cablefail' community - with the final photo (a 'hang 10' doozie) being drawn from that other major social media receptacle, Twitter. Read on, enjoy, and stay well, friends.

"When IT steps out and maintenance runs cable." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP [orig. poster]: u/AspektCAS

"I’m no cable expert but my Cat5e ports don’t work anymore since the 'tech' came..." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: u/RazzyActual

"Spring potholes with a slice of fiber." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: u/hoppyson

"Literally the lid wouldn't even fit flush. I asked what to do and was told to just bounce up and down on the wires until the lid fit." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: u/midnightflamex

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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]