Attempts were made: Must-see photos

July 1, 2019
But as the little green guy in the movie once said, "There is no try."

Welcome to our latest roundup of the most perplexing ICT cabling photos, as seen posted to Reddit's 'Cablefail' social media group.

Seasoned ICT pros in the field see on a daily basis how, with varying degrees of success, 'attempts were made' by previous operators to achieve at-least adequacy of IT infrastructure. But as the little green guy in the movie once said, "There is no try."

Not sure how true that is -- but whatever. Let's begin this week's photos with a peek through the cabling wayback machine at a slapdash little mess from the IP/PBX world of yesteryear...(time traveling, but via the internet...kind of like something in a movie...)

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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