Top 10 abundant cable fails: Cabling photos

April 28, 2023
With the amount of concern surrounding ICT supply chains at present, it's tempting to think of the concept of "abundance" as a blessing devoutly to be wished at all times. That's not always so, however, in the case of cabling infrastructure.

With the amount of concern surrounding ICT supply chains in the present era, one might be tempted to think of the concept of "abundance" as a blessing devoutly to be wished at all times. Not so, however, in the case of installed communications infrastructure, where the opposite is frequently the case.

That notion is one to which the technicians of Reddit's cablefail and cablegore sub-communities, devoted to uncovering photos of cabling gone awry in the deployed realms of telecom, data center, enterprise, broadband, industrial, broadcast, security and Pro AV network connectivity, can wholly attest. In that spirit, we bring you the top 10 abundant cable fail photos as seen recently on the social media site.

1. These blogs really do write themselves.

2. Don't ever let them tell you that ICT cable fail isn't a HQ problem.

3. And to jump off a bridge. Of the network variety, of course.

4. The Golden Arches...I'm lovin' it.

5. What not to do.

6. When getting your foot in the door is way less than half the battle.

7. Not sure about art, but definitely one for the "fiber fail" Hall of Shame.

8. Another ugly fiber fail.

9. That's looking on the bright side.

10. Yikes!

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]

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