strange looking jack?

[warszawa]

hi-
have some weird looking thinks that i think are phone jacks around the baseboards of my house. they are circular grey things, each having 4 holes in them. These holes, which are no bigger than a pinhead, are arranged like this:

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any idea what these things are?

[Mr T]

Old phone jacks. If they are active you can get a adaptor to plug in a regular phone, or you can replace with a modern surface mount or wallplate jack. Inside you will see 4 wires attached, you only need the red and green with todays phones. I would replace the jacks. We had those at our hosue when we moved in, and every one of the adaptors had corrosion in them creating poor connections.

[joed]

Phone jacks are much bigger and a pin. They are more the size of toothpick.

[Mr T]

oops didnt see that comment...

Post some pics please. What does the wires going to these look like? Can you find the wires in the basement/crawl?