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    1. Design Install

    On-site issues: Cabling photos

    March 5, 2021
    Issues with previous cabling installations become readily apparent to seasoned ICT technicians -- sometimes from the moment they arrive on-site.
    Pixabay / RyanMcGuire
    Issues Ryan Mc Guire

    ICT technicians well know that feeling of initial Cablefail discovery. From the moment they arrive on-site -- or sometimes just shortly thereafter -- the many issues with previous installations soon become apparent. And sometimes...it's no one's fault!

    Reddit/Cablefail
    Issues1
    "Today’s on-site. Looks like it started out fine, but then was taken over by some a**hat. Usually when I walk into a mess like this, there isn’t backing to mount to and definitely no switch board." -- Reddit/Cablefail: u/kscrispy
    Reddit/Cablefail
    Issues2
    "Several hours and a couple hundred dollars later...When I originally installed this, it was quite nice. Then telecom guys came in and punched things in wherever." (1) -- Reddit/Cablefail: u/TimTheEnchantor76
    Reddit/Cablefail
    Issues3
    "I still have some housekeeping to do, but now I don't feel like having a seizure every time I look at it." (2) -- Reddit/Cablefail: u/TimTheEnchantor76
    Cabling Installation & Maintenance | CablingInstall.com
    Issues4 Final
    "Just one of our fine patching jobs in our TR!"-- CI&M Reader M.M., University telecommunications engineer, Virginia
    Cabling Installation & Maintenance | CablingInstall.com
    Issues5
    "VoIP phone not working. Mouse cut through the cable. Last meal."-- CI&M Reader J.L., Public school telecommunications technician, New Mexico
    Send your must-see cabling photos to [email protected].

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