Told you so: Cabling photos

More cabling debacle photos from the social media party line that is Reddit's 'Cablefail' sub-community.

July 16, 2020

2 min read

Regular fans of this page know that the ICT people dialing in with cabling debacle photos at the party line that is Reddit's 'Cablefail' sub-community often have quite the way with words. Go for the photos, but stay for the captions -- and tell your friends...

"Was told you guys might like this shower of shite..." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP [orig. poster]: u/CottonComputers

"Power squids are old, get ready for my network squid (yes, it’s a productive system)." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: u/gordonv

"We might have a problem..." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: u/ArtesPK

"Helping a buddy out. They are an arts charity with no money [that has] taken over an empty department store in a really poor area and want the network set up. I've managed to trace enough usable CAT5 to the parts of the building they need to get up and running. This is what the company left in the main comms room when they moved out. Building has CAT5, thinwire, RS232..." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: u/Hobthrust

"Anyone for Italian food?" -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: u/Taoistsexualvamp

Send your must-see cabling photos to [email protected].

As noted by Wikimedia Commons, 'As upgrades made party-lines more popular in the 1940s, local telephone companies ran frequent ads to instill community spirit and personal courtesy in party-line subscribers.' — As noted by Wikimedia Commons, "As upgrades made party-lines more popular in the 1940s, local telephone companies ran frequent ads to instill community spirit and personal courtesy in party-line subscribers."

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Matt Vincent

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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]