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Refreshing details: Cabling photos

July 6, 2020

Our regular chronicle giving cheers to various ICT cabling success stories, as found posted to social media.

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As the American banker, financier and philanthropist Sanford I. "Sandy" Weill reputedly once observed, "Details create the big picture." This is definitely the case in the majority of photos found regularly posted to social media at Reddit's 'Cableporn' sub-community, celebrating various ICT cabling success stories as documented in the field. Sometimes a picture truly is worth a thousand words! But oftentimes, it's the little details that make these photos so worthy of "cheers..."

"A little before and after closet refresh. I don't have backstory...but this was in an IT dept." -- Reddit/Cableporn OP [orig. poster]: u/Wags7121

"Figure-8 fall. Anchored Velcro to the wall on the top, middle and bottom of the 8 to displace tension and to keep it in place. I’ve been apprenticing for just over a year." -- Reddit/Cableporn OP: u/ryandutch13

"Combined two messy cabinets into a tidy one. Worked alongside the electrician who re-did all the keystones and made beautiful service loops in the back." -- Reddit/Cableporn OP: u/hawoxx

"CAT6A install our team recently completed." -- Reddit/Cableporn OP: u/weefywafflewafer

"Under floor view of CAT6A install we did. We put foam matting down first to protect the cables from bare concrete. That's why it looks clean. It's better in my opinion for the cables to be a little bit hairy and haphazard; even with shielded solutions. Less chance of crosstalk and longevity problems. Buuut if the client wants neat, tram-lined cables that's what they get. The key is you put one piece of guiding velcro on real neat and tight. You then slide that first piece down the bundle, holding the cables as it goes and applying the other velcro strips behind it." -- Reddit/Cableporn OP: u/Krucester

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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]