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Cable fails out and about: Photos

Sept. 3, 2020

In 1990, when Dr. Seuss published his children's rhyming book classic, "Oh, the Places You'll Go!," he probably wasn't thinking of it as a companion to the BICSI field manual.

Matt Vincent

In 1990, when Dr. Seuss published his children's rhyming book classic, Oh, the Places You'll Go!, he probably wasn't thinking of it as a companion to the BICSI field manual.

It took 30 years of techs immersed in the ICT cabling installation and maintenance trade, such as those finally arriving via social media to Reddit's 'Cablefail' boards, to make us see the little book's latter day value...

“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go...”

"Welcome to McDonald's. This was my first and hopefully last McDonald's job. Thank God I wasn't there to fix this mess. But I did have to find a few cables in this mess and that was bad enough." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: u/meowsabadtime_8

"This Target rack is beautiful." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP [orig. poster]: u/Cmack2616

"This switch at my school." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: u/Boriskg69

"It just won't connect..." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: u/es41688

"Fun times fixing PON networks." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: u/DrGreenthumb42069

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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]