Presented without audio and timing in at just over a minute, the following jobsite video is perhaps even more engrossing to cabling techicians when observed in silence. "We recently purchased a building that was previously a regional bank headquarters," writes datacom cabling installer Frank Leppar, as recently seen on Youtube.

"When they left the building, they unplugged all their servers and left the cables under the floor. We were left with the mess of untangling everything. The final result was two days of work untangling cables."

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