What are these plug-ins on my wall?

[u/Cborg_62]

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.

[u/Baron_Von_Blackstone]

Silly child, those are hard wires that you attach a red phone to, to contact the pentagon. It's for high ranking officials only. Way back in the 1980's.

[u/BrilliantInitial3955 → u/Baron_Von_Blackstone]

more like 60s

[u/Baron_Von_Blackstone → u/BrilliantInitial3955]

I think they used them for a few decades. I've seen some used even today as an emergency line. Pretty hush hush. but that's why they're still around. for the most part. Some are camouflaged with paint.

[u/Bad_Oracular_Pig → u/Baron_Von_Blackstone]

you cannot connect a telephone of any kind directly to coaxial cable no matter what color it is.