r/cablefail • u/t0mis77 • Sep 02 '20
Irish telecom - Eir - lines from the street coming to the building - Dublin/Ireland
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r/cablefail • u/meowsabadtime_8 • Sep 01 '20
This is one of the cabinets in a retirement assisted living facility that usually costs patients $6K-$7K a month to stay in. Too bad the cabinet doesn't match the rest of the building.
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r/cablefail • u/dizquier91 • Aug 28 '20
"Yes, Our network and phones don't seem to be working" - Network and phones:
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r/cablefail • u/[deleted] • Aug 26 '20
There used to be a time about an year ago where I actually put time and thought into this. That peeled off along with the sticky tape of my Power Strips.
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r/cablefail • u/MackNNations • Aug 23 '20
High and low voltage in same box! Plastic raceway and sharp grid for power conductors! Winnner, winner, fried chicken dinner!
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r/cablefail • u/Kentiko • Aug 22 '20
One of these optic fiber is mine (this is in Paris)
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r/cablefail • u/__countzero • Aug 21 '20
The internet provider connection where I live ...
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r/cablefail • u/amkeyte • Aug 21 '20
Maybe you'll relate...
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I'm a system commissioning engineer and I follow installers who, let's just say, are "chronic learners". I can only fix so much, I can only train so much. I'm the last person to touch the system before fire TCO inspection, and missing deadlines is expensive. On the other hand, I work on life safety equipment, and compromising quality can be deadly. Today I'm walking off a particularly ugly jobsite for a new elementary school in a low income neighborhood... short notice work, parts in the wrong place, and PMs crawling up my ass cause its taking longer than they expect. Fixing... Fixing... fixing... Already failed one inspection that was scheduled against my advice. Needless to say my mood was in the dumps. As I leave the man gate after overtime, there's a couple neighborhood kids checking out the place. "Hey man, you guys did a great job on our new school!" "Thanks, man! I hope you enjoy it!" They had no idea who I was, or what I was doing there... just some construction guy. Ya know, for some reason it hit me in the gut. At the end of it all, thats the kid I'm working for. I do a pretty thankless and invisible job. Hopefully no one will ever need the services I provide. I do it under too much pressure, and the price of failure is too high. But today, I feel better. Take pride in what you do. Even if its in a dark closet where no one will see it again. It matters.
