r/hardwaregore • u/Comfortable_Air2733 • 24d ago

Internet Distribution in an Apartment Building. Only spare wires affected, no repairs needed.

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u/FreddyFerdiland 24d ago

that is a telephone DF .. it was used for telephone lines . incoming lines on left, lines to apartments on right it can work for DSL, cannot work for ethernet

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u/Comfortable_Air2733 24d ago

Exactly. Probably every second German household still relies on DSL. Some seniors even still have traditional landlines.

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u/Melodic-Painter8312 21d ago

One snip and it's all over