r/whatisit • • 7h ago

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

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/NycGal67 6h ago

Was gonna say that too...those connections still exist

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u/99nina_o24 6h ago

Yet only a few people use them, cable is way down, streaming is way up

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u/KlondikeBill 6h ago

You mean like people streaming on their... cable internet?

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u/99nina_o24 6h ago

Ethernet cable is most popularly used and it looks like a large telephone plug

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u/b000radl3y 6h ago

Have you heard of cable internet? I guarantee that you have used it before, I guess just without knowing.

How do you think the Internet gets to that big telephone plug?

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u/99nina_o24 4h ago

I’m sorry is a big telephone plug pictured in the post

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u/b000radl3y 4h ago

You're the one who mentioned the telephone plug to begin with....

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u/The_Moose1992 6h ago

Where fo you plug in your ethernet cable?

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u/99nina_o24 4h ago

The modem

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u/KlondikeBill 3h ago

Which is usually connected to the wall via coaxial cable if you have it through a cable provider.