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Before and after: Cabling photos

Nov. 13, 2020

The "digital transformation" is a phenomenon which ICT cabling techs in the field often drive, in the most hands-on manner possible.

Matt Vincent

A lot is written these days about "the digital transformation" -- a phenomenon which ICT cabling techs in the field often drive, in the most hands-on manner possible, as frequently seen at Reddit's 'Cableporn' sub-community...

"Before and after." (1) -- Reddit/Cableporn OP [orig. poster]: u/dharris216

"Slightly triggered about the one fiber, but that’s an uplink and didn’t have one longer on hand, so had to leave for it now." (2) -- Reddit/Cableporn OP: u/dharris216

"Before and after of one of my first cabinet re-wires. Turned out pretty well!" (1) -- Reddit/Cableporn OP: u/marco7532

"One of the jobs was to strip the VLANs, so I didn’t have to put any in a specific slot or place. The bottom switch is the big boi which has all the server uplinks and routing..." (2) -- Reddit/Cableporn OP: u/marco7532

"Before and after. Brand new, just completed construction, and this was what they did with their rack..." (1) -- Reddit/Cableporn OP: u/bill_nih

"Forgive me for using tie wraps, I ran out of Velcro and will be replacing tomorrow. Along with the bulkheads, lol. Took me about 4 hours." (2) -- Reddit/Cableporn OP: u/bill_nih

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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]