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Cable mismanagement: Photos

Feb. 13, 2020

Our periodic view into the doldrums of mismanaged ICT cabling site work. How badly mismanaged? When you've used pipe insulation for "conduit"...that's a problem.

Matt Vincent

It's time for our periodic view into the doldrums of mismanaged ICT cabling site work, as reflected in photos posted to social media via Reddit's 'Cablegore' sub-community for those in the trade.

How badly mismanaged? Well, when you've used pipe insulation for "conduit"...that's a problem.

"This is not how to use cable management." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP [orig. poster]: u/Stephen1424

"How does this happen when punching down?" -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: u/Fishman1319

"New site I took over today." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: u/LameITGuy

"And the vendor put new network equipment into this rack." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: u/paaldie

"Speechless, but they are protected." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: u/thekush

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]