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Bad acronyms: Cabling photos

April 10, 2020

Our periodic round-up of the worst in ICT structured cabling fails, as seen on social media's Reddit.

Welcome to our periodic round-up of the worst in ICT structured cabling fails, as submitted to social media in photos from job sites by members of Reddit's 'Cablefail' sub-community.

When it comes to describing cabling nightmares, usually just a picture is worth a thousand words -- but when, as often happens, a good portion of those words are expletives, some extra shorthand may be needed...

"Idk." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP [orig. poster]: u/Kinshirodan001

"Wtf..." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: u/13bch13

"All ready for you to terminate, they said... FML." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: u/tsnyinc

"Went to move a phone socket and found this...I guess the BT man ran out of cable ties..." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: u/FlyPolar

"Umm wtf..." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: u/13bch13

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]