If that is actually cat 6 ill eat my hat. FUCK organising cat6 cable.

1 Computer, 1 cable.

To think of how much craftsmanship went into this and more importantly is that there is a need for this craftsmanship.

We are truly utterly dependent on machines.

Its not limited to 1 pc 1 cable....these could just be patches between another patch panel. So...2+ cables (and it connects into another device at the end...)

This seems like either a large data center, OR, an access network at a point-to-point fiber system (active ethernet).

Either case, you dont typically use CAT6 to patch panels. Its way too rigid to work with, without giving up your sanity. Especially a job with that scale.

Impressive none-the-less.

You should look at mine. It looks like a rat nest.

>> ^charliem:

If that is actually cat 6 ill eat my hat. FUCK organising cat6 cable.


I agree with your sentiment, however if you watch in 720p and pause a couple of times between 0:34 and 0:36 you can see "CAT 6 UTP" printed on some of the cables.

Sorry, hope your hat is tasty.

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And then they realized they missed a port...

The blue wire is for multiplayer games.

Well, that is clearly the in-wall "premise" wiring, and is fairly permanent tested and won't require replacing when failed. The wire itself should never fail, just the punching on either end.

You are looking at the back of the patch panels not the front sides. Very clean, and a job well done. Agreed, if those are Cat6, they are a real bitch to work with. But that would explain why the cables are holding their bend radius so nicely due to the plastic insert that runs down the center of Cat6 cables.

>> ^ant:

You should look at mine. It looks like a rat nest.
You mean ant nest?

>> ^mxxcon:

>> ^ant:
You should look at mine. It looks like a rat nest.
You mean ant nest?


Nope rat with me in it.

Problem is, if one burns out they all go dark.

That's a beautiful thing.

>> ^ant:

You should look at mine. It looks like a rat nest.


Ha! I've got you beat. I had to move my cable spaghetti a few months back and there was a dead mouse in there (no, not the kind with buttons and an optical sensor underneath, the furry kind).

>> ^Drachen_Jager:

>> ^ant:
You should look at mine. It looks like a rat nest.

Ha! I've got you beat. I had to move my cable spaghetti a few months back and there was a dead mouse in there (no, not the kind with buttons and an optical sensor underneath, the furry kind).


Hahaha. No photo.? http://zimage.com/~ant/temp/MyMessyElectronicsSetup.jpg for mine. BTW, I still have mice with balls.

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I've worked in telecom for 20 years, and visit our switch rooms now and then. Organized wiring like this is a staple of good switch room / data centers. This example is really nice !! Those cables should be tied with twine though, not tie wraps.

Remember, perhaps more inspiring than the 1320 cables seen here, is the 21 thousand punch-downs performed on both ends of the 8 wires in each cable!

Manager: "So, I'm going to need you to trace a cable out." Employee: "SOAB!! Does anybody have some snips?"

Chalk this up as one thing I probably should appreciate, but simply can't grasp.