For ICT industry stakeholders encountering misbegotten mountains of "cable fail," as seen on social media at Reddit's sub-community for the trade, there is a British saying that often applies: “Penny wise, pound foolish."
Meaning, to make a seemingly frugal decision to expend only a small amount of money (as in pennies), that ends up making bad business sense affecting a much larger amount of money (as in Great Britain's standard currency denomination, the pound).
But also...there's a meme in here somewhere about people pounding their heads against the wall...of an IT closet...
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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]