Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered:
My contribution:
<http://www.tux.org/wb8foz/66-666/>
Note this was the closet at a group on the Hill that lobbies
against the evils of regulation. In 25-30 years of working
in/around wire closets, it's the worst I've seen.
There are not one but 2 fiber hubs in that mess. Not seen are
switches/hubs hanging from above on loops of duct tape.
Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered:
My contribution:
<http://www.tux.org/wb8foz/66-666/>
Note this was the closet at a group on the Hill that lobbies
against the evils of regulation. In 25-30 years of working
in/around wire closets, it's the worst I've seen.There are not one but 2 fiber hubs in that mess. Not seen are
switches/hubs hanging from above on loops of duct tape.
http://www.tux.org/wb8foz/66-666/a.jpg
ah, security through obscurity, a time honored strategy!
- lucy
http://www.tux.org/wb8foz/66-666/a.jpg
ah, security through obscurity, a time honored strategy!
- lucy
residents are not allowed phones?
--bill
Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered:
My contribution:
When I use to work at Caesars Palace here in Las Vegas, I was witness to some rather ugly cabling jobs. My "favorite" had to be one wiring closet where the switch was being held to the wall with velcro. Of course that failed over time, and at some point the switch fell and was being held up by the cabling. Someone came along, saw the switch, and determined that couldn't possibly be good. The beauty of this, is their solution was to take a rope, tie one end around the middle of the switch, and then tie the other end to a ceiling beam. I wish I had a picture.
Jeff
Note that telcos are not immune to shoddy cabling/installation work.
The link below is from a dial/T1 POP at I place I worked in several years ago.
In case the detail is hard to make out, the paper sign taped to the ladder says "DO NOT MOVE LADDER".
The background is that Bell Atlantic mounted a T1 smartjack cage to the wall using undersized drywall screws. The cage eventually pulled out of the wall and came crashing to the floor, at which point some of the T1s in this location went down. We called Bell. They tested. They dispatched.
This was their solution.
Final note: the ladder wasn't theirs 
http://www.cluebyfour.org/~streiner/mbr-pop-2000-ladder.JPG
jms
