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Loads of cable fail: Photos

Oct. 10, 2019

Fiber-optic cables aren't meant to support THAT kind of "load-balancing." Our periodic round-up of the heaviest ICT structured cabling fail photos.

Matt Vincent

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Welcome to our periodic round-up of the goofiest ICT cabling job site photos, as glimpsed on social media at Reddit's photo sub-community devoted to 'Cablefail'.

This dunce cap IT squad had to know that fiber-optic cables aren't meant to support THAT kind of "load-balancing"...and yet...

"Load-bearing fiber." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP [orig. poster]: suburbanite09

"Might need help finding that 'free' port." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: bestbackwards

"More complaining about edge cabinets." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: bestbackwards

"Fire alarm service call landed me in the belly of this beast." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: phrankygee

"Let's party." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: bigjuanjon

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]