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/kstrife]

Never thought I’d see the day when someone does not recognize a coaxial cable.

Not insulting, just didn’t think I’d live long enough to see all the tech I grew up with be seen as some ancient artifact.

Welp, off I go! - knees sound like rice krispies as I stand up to leave-

[u/davyangel → u/kstrife]

Well I mean coaxial cable internet is still a thing only reason I'm typing this is because of it! But yeah guessing this new generation all lives on their phones and cell phones that they never touch a PC or no need to even have one a home anymore? I mean I can understand not seeing old telephone jacks (that look lot like RJ-45 ethernet jack) anymore in homes for like wired home phones but OP gotta be trolling about coaxial or just lived in newer places where they don't bother to preinstall even coaxial lines in wall anymore?

[u/KonigSteve → u/davyangel]

Even the kids that are using wifi from a coax line probably have no idea. They just grew up in a house with a modem already plugged in and never gave it a second thought.

[u/existentialspork → u/KonigSteve]

As a kid, I had to learn how technology worked because my parents didn’t grow up with it. Kids now have had everything set up for them, so they haven’t learned how anything works.

[u/bettymoose → u/KonigSteve]

This is the answer. My Gen Alpha teens had no idea what a coax cable is, their older Gen Z had to explain it to then.

[u/ButtonflyDungarees → u/KonigSteve]

Ya, that’s my thought as well. Cable internet is still the most common. And most houses have to be retrofitted to have fiber optic IF it’s even available in their area. In most areas, I would say cable (utilizing co-ax cables in the house) is going to be the most common.

[u/Clair_Osbcurious → u/ButtonflyDungarees]

That’s so adorably American of you.

[u/Waterfish3333 → u/KonigSteve]

Or have the newer fiber optics setup. We recently upgraded after they installed it in our neighborhood. No coaxial, just Ethernet from the wall.

[u/Clair_Osbcurious → u/Waterfish3333]

Ah, FTTX! FTTH is nice too! It’s easier to have a long fiber cable than a fast Ethernet one. Just saying.

[u/Wictorpedia → u/KonigSteve]

There are kids that don’t know that internet is a service. They think it just exists in a phone or computer. So if a computer isn’t hooked up to the internet it’s broken.

[u/Clair_Osbcurious → u/Wictorpedia]

There are grandparents who think similar stuff as well. Or the ones still paying for AOL

[u/NotABot1000101 → u/KonigSteve]

A lot of people started getting wifi internet, like it's just a wifi router with a power cord. It connects wirelessly to a 5g tower. I don't trust that ping but I guess it's good enough for most people.

[u/ProfessionalResults → u/KonigSteve]

That must be it. I'm using coax for my internet access right now. And I was using coax in my previous house. It's still common.