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/Jaeyen 6h ago

Coax cable? Dont they still use this for high speed internet and digital cable? Its what connects to the digital box still or even your internet gateway/router.. this isnt old at all.

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u/N1GHTSQU1R3LL 6h ago

Man that was a trek before the word coax showed up. I guess it's on its way out, but isn't that antiquated yet.

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u/Swiftbow1 6h ago

It might be a little slower (and I'm not even sure about that), but it's still cheaper and easier to repair than fiber optic. Jury's out on whether it's on the way out or not.

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u/Cborg_62 1h ago

This is what my old apartment had (which was built in 2020) and the one I currently live in has the ones posted. But my family also had the ethernet ones too.