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Sept. 25, 2020

What are your most common pain points on an ICT structured cabling installation job?

What are your most common pain points on an ICT structured cabling installation job? Drop us a line and tell us -- or simply type away in the 'Comments' section beneath this article.

"Ouch! You’d think it’s common sense but some people just don’t realize what’s happening inside those fiber cables. Even zips on copper can stress the cable pretty hard." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP [orig. poster]: u/jv2287

"Fibre to the No...." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: u/renegaderabbit777

"Don’t ask me how it happened, but it happened. Sadly the end of the box fml. Pull was a little bit longer than expected and we thought we could push it." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: u/Cmack2616

"Like a cablevore got really ill." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: u/ropeynick

"Closet of a recent acquisition. 10 points if you spotted the little Netgear switch chilling on the floor." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: u/cleanthez

BONUS PHOTO - CIM Reader Submitted

"Cut your losses! Over the weekend, an unrelated third party was working on demo in another suite on a separate floor in our client’s building. After they inadvertently severed 70 cables, they actually stripped and twisted in this homemade patch. That’s right, they reconnected every single one, both ends, by hand. As you can imagine, with no way for these wizards to identify the correct cables, we had some interesting performance issues come Monday." -- CablingInstall.com Reader B.T., Michigan

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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]