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Core infrastructure failures: Must-see photos

July 10, 2019

As with apples, so it goes with ICT cabling installations. There's a bad one in every bunch...

Welcome to our periodic round-up of the most penetrating structured cabling site work failures, as glimpsed on social media at Reddit's photo sub-communities for 'Cablefail' and 'Cablegore.'

"Yup, that's the core infrastructure of a multi-million dollar SAN." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP [orig. poster]: IDGAFMFROFL

"I guess it's quicker than grabbing the cable stretcher from the truck...the worst attempt at a BIX I’ve ever seen..." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP [orig. poster]: elhorneto

"Only 1/4 of the cables are plugged in." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP [orig. poster]: iLiveInABowl

"When the security guy just DGAF." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP [orig. poster]: ipsonator

"When you order a fiber-optic cable and open up the box 🤔 " -- Reddit/Cablegore OP [orig. poster]: ResidentTarget

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

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