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Super satisfying: Cabling photos

Dec. 10, 2020

Sometimes there's a palpable sense of release as ICT technicians dive into cabling chaos found on the job site. As written by one tech from Reddit's 'Cablegore' subcommunity: "Super satisfying to unplug it all and rip it out. Looks much better now."

Matt Vincent

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Most, if not all, of the ICT cabling and connectivity failures you'll find posted to social media at Reddit's 'Cablegore' sub-community are quite literally problems in search of solutions. And sometimes there's a palpable sense of release as technicians dive into the chaos (or have to walk past it, if it's not on their job ticket...)

"Super satisfying to unplug it all and rip it out. Looks much better now." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP [orig. poster]: u/pbandcheezitz

"Could use some housing but totally works. Not my work but I was told that this is just used to remotely turn the projector on." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: u/GarrettGraham

" A network cable is not properly plugged in or may be broken. " -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: u/Integr8shun

"IVRS system. This was a government job: three different systems, three different servers, only one of them working with two lines on it. Everything else is retired in place." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: u/PGTampa

"A little SC-APC goodness courtesy of Verizon FIOS." -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: u/sagetraveler

"I think I found the problem..." (1) -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: u/-Whatever--

"Network down. Wiring cabinet in a high school kitchen dry storage room." (2) -- Reddit/Cablegore OP: u/-Whatever--

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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]