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FTT-WTH: Cabling photos

Nov. 20, 2020

'Fiber to the What the Heck?' ought to be a new sub-genre of cable fail photos. However -- "It only looks this bad because we only did half of our network last night and tonight we will do the rest and clean it up," writes one tech in mid-phase.

Matt Vincent

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"Orange (France) FTTH PMZ, serving actual people in Conflans city..." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP [orig. poster]: u/Zopieux

"Fiber optical connection node.... :/ " -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: u/Ac1d0pe

"We are only half way done. The only complaint I have is that the tap cassettes are too close together and we cannot pull them out now. Other than that it has been smooth sailing. We ran it this way so that the tap fibers can run to the right and into the 2u fiber panels. It only looks this bad because we only did half of our network last night and tonight we will do the rest and clean it up." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: u/GMK945

"Embarrassing FIOS install in PA." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: u/dieseltaco

"WTF in Cambodia." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: u/ChrisTweten

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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]