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Off the mark: Cabling photos

Nov. 5, 2019

Mistakes, as they say, were made.

Welcome to our periodic look at the most egregious ICT cabling job site fails, as shared on social media at Reddit's photographic sub-community for 'Cablegore.'

Mistakes were made, yes, and the less said about them the better. Let the pictures do the talking...

"Target has nests like this all over the place." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP [orig. poster]: LoveSniff

"At least there's adequate cooling!" -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: iLiveInABowl

"Cable vomit. I love it when someone just unplugs a cable and leaves it hanging." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: Angelic-Bitch

"Hospital server room...this is a very prestigious hospital, which is why this mess bothers me even more." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: AceCode116

"This is what happens when you outsource work in a data center to an offshore firm. It’s like this in 20 other racks, too." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: tdmindville

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]