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Outsiders: Cabling photos

July 10, 2020

A round-up of "cable fail" photos culled from ICT work as performed in the outside plant (OSP) segment.

To quote a famous poem even more famously cited by SE Hinton in her novel, The Outsiders, "Nothing gold can stay."

Unless, of course, we're talking about the regular goldmine of 'Cablefail' photos served up by the ICT contingent at social media's Reddit sub-community of the same name. There, you'll always find a surplus of riches -- frequently hailing from telecommunications work in the outside plant (OSP) segment.

Cable on, Ponyboy...

"Fiber-optic splice enclosure in a manhole." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP [orig. poster]: u/BiggRigg81

"All that extra, and the fiber is still pulled at a 45° angle." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: u/iceph03nix

"Some beautiful work on a local community hall." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: u/sheravi

"Sometimes you just have to get creative with your joint enclosures." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: u/Telephone_Guy1

"You know..... Most towers look nice but this..." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: u/dirtytroutman

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]