So I posted in the Hilton forum about some hotel I was staying at with high-speed internet. One of the responses told the story of how someone brought a 7-foot cable in their carry-on and had this confiscated.

Now, I read this after safely traveling with a length of CAT-5 in my carry-on. No one seemed to care. Is this seriously considered contraband, or was this an overzealous gate inspector?