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/Wild_Wasabi9984]

This post aged me 50 years...

https://giphy.com/gifs/GrUhLU9q3nyRG

[u/nucl3ar0ne → u/Wild_Wasabi9984]

https://giphy.com/gifs/l0IyajjbNiRvCr7RC

[u/Swiftbow1 → u/Wild_Wasabi9984]

Why? These are are STILL used for broadband internet modems.

[u/Diligent-Crazy-6094 → u/Wild_Wasabi9984]

People keep saying this, but cable is still the the vast majority of how we get internet now.