"I have fifteen pair of cables going from here to that Telekom pole. I have never been afraid before!" the customer told me in Cantonese.
And so, it began. The history is, the customer wants to move in to his new building a week before Chinese New Year. So, he rushed everyone to complete their job. Unfortunately, no one consulted us about the cabling even though they have their own cable guy. Which is fine by us. But the thing is, they have laid the incoming cable from the pole outside the building to the compound. And the problem is, the type of cable used were meant for internal building and is not suitable for outdoors. Since the cable runs underground across the road, you can imagine what happens next.
Before the week is over, the Telekoms people detected multiple shorting on the cable which rendered all THIRTY pair useless. And because there were no proper manhole, the cable cannot be salvaged not new cables laid in. And so, the Telekoms people decided to lay their cable from the poles outside into the compound. And I refused to reinstall their PABX because the cable contractor admitted he did not do any Earthing. So, we connected the normal phones for the lines and if there are any lightning strikes over the weekend, the phones would go first instead of the system.
And so, it began. The history is, the customer wants to move in to his new building a week before Chinese New Year. So, he rushed everyone to complete their job. Unfortunately, no one consulted us about the cabling even though they have their own cable guy. Which is fine by us. But the thing is, they have laid the incoming cable from the pole outside the building to the compound. And the problem is, the type of cable used were meant for internal building and is not suitable for outdoors. Since the cable runs underground across the road, you can imagine what happens next.
Before the week is over, the Telekoms people detected multiple shorting on the cable which rendered all THIRTY pair useless. And because there were no proper manhole, the cable cannot be salvaged not new cables laid in. And so, the Telekoms people decided to lay their cable from the poles outside into the compound. And I refused to reinstall their PABX because the cable contractor admitted he did not do any Earthing. So, we connected the normal phones for the lines and if there are any lightning strikes over the weekend, the phones would go first instead of the system.
And after the Chinese New Year, guess who has to pick up all the pieces (for free?)
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This is a thirty-pair cable, OK? A THIRTY pair cable!
One look from Telekoms, they even refused to connect
it because they know this type of cabling is bound to
fail in less than a week
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