Loads of cable fail: Photos

Fiber-optic cables aren't meant to support THAT kind of "load-balancing."

Oct 10th, 2019

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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...

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

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

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

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

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

Send your must-see cabling photos to mattv@endeavorb2b.com.

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