Does your wiring look like this?

[Scott Mellott]

Michael ODonnell wrote:
> 
>> Take a look at the link for the worst rack installation...
>>
>> http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=234
> 
> Yeow!  It's a bit thin in places but still
> I'd bet it has an R-value of at least 13...
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Some years ago (late 80s or early 90s), I was doing some work at NBC in 
New York (30 Rock).  The ceilings in the Today Show's offices are drop 
style.  The ceilings where so full of RG59, RG6, audio and LAN cable, 
the ceiling tiles were broken or warped.  I asked one of the broadcast 
engineers I was working with about the quantity of cable (there were 
bundles that were multiple feet in diameter).  He said they never pulled 
old cable out, only added cable when needed.  NBC has been in that 
building since it was built in the 1930s.  The engineer speculated that 
80% of the cable was unused.

I was back at 30 Rock last year to do some work at the Today Show.  They 
were in the middle of renovations.  I noticed all of the cable bundles 
in the ceiling were gone.  I asked one of the engineers about all of the 
dead ended cabling that had been in the ceiling.  He just rolled his 
eyes.  He said it took a team nearly a year to trace and map the cabling 
in CAD and then cut out the unused cable.

NBC now have their cabling in CAD and all cables are properly labeled. 
Imagine the amount of money it cost NBC to fix something that could have 
easily been avoided with a little effort and organization.


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