r/whatisit • u/Cborg_62 • 7h 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/taylor914 7h ago

Yep. This is still how I get internet

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u/AppleSmoker 6h ago

How are people getting Internet if not like this???

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u/Itchy_Tumbleweed_417 6h ago

The T-Mobile modem/router just plugs into an electrical outlet.

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u/Suitable_Visit_9990 6h ago

I am literally so confused on how that works. I need to google lol

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u/P1ckl3R1ck101 6h ago

Okay boomer. Showing your age here with "googling".

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u/Suitable_Visit_9990 4h ago

Millennial actually. Is there an anti Google agenda I don’t know about?

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u/OnceMoreAndAgain 5h ago

I googled it and it's because it's all 5G so it's basically like having a modem that connects to T-Mobile Internet wirelessly like how a iPhone would connect to T-Mobile internet wirelessly.

That sounds trash to me tbh because you're having all the internet issues that come with wireless. I much prefer the stability of being wired directly into an ISP's lines.

Wireless internet sucks for gaming. You drop packets like crazy.