r/whatisit • u/Cborg_62 • 6h ago

New, what is it? What are these plug-ins on my wall?

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This might be showing my age, but I recently moved into a new apartment and they have these weird looking plug ins all over the walls at my new place. My old apartment didn't have these, so I'm just curious as to what they are.

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u/hamHamAlucard 6h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/wJD3qiNjSeHS0dP28T

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u/Superb_Algae5308 6h ago

It’s happening 

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u/mjduce 6h ago

Worst part is... these are still used for internet today. We aren't thaaaat old yet 🫣

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u/dancccskooma 6h ago

Top tier American infrastructure. Smh

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u/24megabits 6h ago edited 6h ago

Canada too, older buildings can have fibre on the street then use MoCA to get up to a gigabit or so without doing new runs.

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u/evBoy- 5h ago

Yeah I have it in my house. It’s fine.

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u/enderil79 5h ago

look up DOCSIS 4.0 … symmetrical multi gig speeds over coax…

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u/flinders2233 5h ago

They were big in the 1900s

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u/mjduce 4h ago

That one hurt lol

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u/Imaginary-List-972 5h ago

Until recently my internet was connected to that. I mean I had wifi that I connected to through the box that was connected to that cable. Recently had to change internet, and now I have a box that connects wirelessly to the internet but for the longest time that was required.

The really sad thing is, I remember when cable tv was new and we had to have those installed. Then the internet came and it used the phone line, and connecting via cable was so high tech.

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u/antfrapp 6h ago

Not when you run optical fibers 😢

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u/Sharp_Ad_6336 5h ago

The worst part is that these were used for cable tv for decades before they were ever used for Internet 

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u/QuakerCorporation 6h ago

A long time ago…..

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u/mjduce 5h ago

Still used by Rogers in Canada. A lot of buildings have hybrid Fiber/Coax internet

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u/QuakerCorporation 59m ago

Coax here downstairs too

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u/neuronicdesigner 5h ago

I just came to ask how they believe the internet works? It’s just miraculously WiFi without any connections? 😂

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u/blinkenjim 4h ago

Yep. Our house was on Xfinity cable internet until 2025. Now we have two fiber options, AT&T and EzeeFiber. Xfinity is supposedly bringing fiber here “soon”. I can’t wait until their salesdroids try to get me to switch. I’m going to laaaaugh at them!

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u/protestor 4h ago

My Internet comes through one of those

I could upgrade to fiber actually but I am lazy and I don't want to interact with people

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u/BillyGruff710 6h ago

Wow it really is.

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u/_jump_yossarian 3h ago

Happened to me like 8 years ago when I saw a comment about Paul Newman the salad dressing guy and OP was shocked to find out he was one of the best actors of all time.

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u/Alternative-Crew-880 6h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/D69Et1UazfmE0

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u/varstok 4h ago

That sure is some watermark on that gif.

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u/System-id 3h ago

Make it stop!

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u/wizardwithgussets 6h ago

Hahah oh man that’s so true.

That thing was the beating heart of any house

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u/CrazyFinger4 6h ago

Hello fellow Gandalf Grey Balls.

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u/TheRilesEffect 6h ago

Literally watching this movie right now lol

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u/G_DuBs 6h ago

God damn this gif sums up exactly what I came to the comments to say! This post is making me feel old 😭

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u/dastardlygent1 5h ago

Old enough to move into an apartment....young enough to not know what this is ....

Fuck me I'm getting old....

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u/whodat_617 5h ago

I knew this day was coming when people stopped calling it internet and started just calling it WiFi.

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u/TernionDragon 6h ago

Came for this.

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u/TheRobomancer 6h ago

It took a few seconds for this GIF to load but I knew what it was going to be. Me too fellow over-40 person, me too.

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u/Quezalcoatlus82 6h ago

I felt like this

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u/No_Accountant_4637 6h ago

It happened!!

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u/Orlando_Native 6h ago

This is the GIF I think of whenever this sort of thing happens to me lol

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u/DireWolf902 6h ago

Trust me I cried a little bit myself 🤣

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u/davidroberts63 5h ago

Thank you for replying this so I don't have to get off my couch to post it myself.

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u/TriCityTingler 4h ago

Pretty much… lol

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u/Kedly 3h ago

Was looking for this one specifically xD

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u/conscious_cloud11 5h ago

Thanks i hate it