@SecureOwl

at one point, we were doing rack installs in 28 cities and we subcontracted to fujitsu.

they dressed and wax laced everything. they cut coax to custom lengths so that they all lined up perfectly. they dressed power cables. it was art.

cable management done right is a true thing of beauty.

@paul_ipv6 @SecureOwl

Wax lacing is the pinnacle of cable art.

Fuji did good work in that area, especially if you were west of the mississippi or New England ... They had lots of old Bell installers.

For the best of it, you really needed an old guy from Nortel, they'd pronounce router as rooter and go off on three day benders exploring the warmth that was a Texas winter -- but they could turn two miles of cat 5 cable into perfectly square stitched bricks with clean terminations at both ends, and a beautiful stacked coil of service loops at either end.

@johntimaeus @SecureOwl

i was lucky enough to hire a former ESS install certified tech as our computer room "czar". i tried to learn wax lacing but never got to that level. but i sure did love looking at it.

@paul_ipv6 @SecureOwl

Outdated certifications I actually have...as well as Nortel DMS 100/200/500 switch supervisor. All of those and five dollars won't buy you anything at Dollar Tree.

I learned lacing from the old Canadians, and some SW Bell wire dogs who ran the CO for an actual clicker-switch. Wirewrap terminations with solder on the MDF.

@johntimaeus @SecureOwl

wow. wire wrap. i was actually pretty decent at that. we had to get T3 as ABAM with wire wrap distribution panels. that's when i still had a 66 and 110 block punch tool. learned what grasshopper fuses were. it was quite a learning period for me.