Wireless/5G

Mysteries solved: Cabling photos

Aug. 27, 2021

ICT and IT professionals in the field populate social media with their cabling photos at Reddit's technical subcommunities reflecting the breadth of the trade.

Matt Vincent

Those frequenting Reddit's social media subcommunities for ICT and IT cabling professionals in the field will find them dealing with mazes of often mysterious "cable fail" situations, but also standing up to the challenge of finding elegant cabling solutions to technical problems.

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"Mystery solved." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP [orig. poster]: u/joshuagarr

"A modest dumpster fire that I inherited and then purged of evil. Not perfect, but at least I can find what I'm looking for." -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: u/TimTheEnchantor76

"Some Cat 6 and Rg6 dressed up terminated to the panels on a wall-mounted cabinet. It’s dressed all the way from the access panel." -- Reddit/Cableporn OP: u/The_Real_Kakazi

"I identify as an Electrician. You mean I'm not supposed to daisy chain data cables?" -- Reddit/Cablefail OP: u/EdTR

"12G SDI in the first pic, mix of data and video in the second." (1) -- Reddit/Cableporn OP: u/raabn96

"Co-workers are working on terminations still, but I thought my pieces so far turned out alright." (2) -- Reddit/Cableporn OP: u/raabn96

"Sunrise Splice Case Action." -- Reddit/Cableporn OP: u/3ntropy303

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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]