Dirty rotten cable fails: Photos

Like the old song says, "Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage." And therein lies a metaphor for ICT cabling technicians and installers...

Welcome to our periodic round-up of the most offputting structured cabling fiascos, as found on job sites and posted in photos to social media via Reddit's 'Cablefail' and 'Cablegore' sub-communities. To quote the great American songwriter Billy Corgan, "Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage."

Owing to the ubiquity of abject cable fail in the field, there's a metaphor therein for ICT cabling technicians and installers, as the following images amply illustrate...

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Matt Vincent

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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]

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