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No kidding: Cabling photos

Jan. 31, 2020

It's that feeling when the degree of "cable gore" encountered is so ridiculous, all a tech can do is throw up their hands and tremble with mirth.

Matt Vincent

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It's time for our periodic review of the goofiest ICT cabling fails, as found in the field and submitted in photos to Reddit's 'Cablegore' sub-community for social media. To quote a popular internet meme, it's that feeling when the degree of cable gore encountered is so ridiculous, all a tech can do is throw up their hands like the joker on the playing card and tremble with terrified mirth...

"PoE lighting? j/k" -- Reddit/Cablegore OP [orig. poster]: u/MinisterOfLoneliness

"It's okay, there's an attenuator on the other end to compensate. Don't need to worry when you'll never work on it ever again." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: u/Abstract_Anomalies

"When drywallers have no respect for my fire alarm cable." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: u/ARBITER0FDEATH

"It's color coded." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: u/WhyLater

"The more I look the worse it gets." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: u/1Autotech

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]