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Scary cabling fails: Photos

Sept. 19, 2019

Our periodic round-up of the most alarming ICT cabling job site photos.

Welcome to our periodic round-up of the most alarming ICT cabling job site photos, as glimpsed on social media at Reddit's photo sub-communities devoted to 'Cablegore' and 'Cablefail'. What's really scary is the never-ending supply of these type photos. Bad cabling is ongoing! To your posts!

"I don't even know what this is or if it works but now I'm too scared to touch it." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP [orig. poster]: Tweaney

"Found this on a job site I’m working on." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: pete_scholes

"Could barely open/close the sliding door to gain entry to the madness." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: nites07

"Someone opened a closet I wasn't aware of in our building..." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: nanorhyno

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

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]