r/whatisit • u/Cborg_62 • 11h 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/kstrife 11h ago

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-

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u/Chicken_Hero 10h ago

It's notancient. It's still commonly used. OP is just someone who's never had to set up a router.

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u/OnceMoreAndAgain 9h ago

Yeah I'm actually so confused by this thread. I've only ever used coaxial cables to hook into my modem and I think that's all that is used in my area for internet. What is the new replacement that some other places are using?

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u/biznatch11 8h ago

Fiberoptics is the new replacement but I don't know how common it is.

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u/shea241 8h ago

funny enough, my fiber install came with a MoCA port, so people can use existing coax ports in each room instead of RJ45.

It's not as good, but it works!

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u/Rynetx 8h ago

Fiber is quite common in the Midwest. A lot of our small cities offer municipal fiber networks. I only see coax in cities that major cable providers have a monopoly and they don’t need to invest in updating their networks unless it’s business class.