Coax cable outlet issues

[nates1984]

I have no idea where on the Internet I can ask this question, so if Tom's Hardware isn't the appropriate place but you know of a good forum to direct me to, please do.

I'm having a hell of a time with the coax outlets in my new house. I've taken off the "faceplate" and seen something like this in 2 of the outlets.

http://imgur.com/dqxXpTA

To this amateur, it looks like the previous owners were installing outlets but not actually hooking them up (to make the house more appealing, I guess...). I want to make sure that is the case though.

So my question is, is there any reason what-so-ever to have two coax cables going into a single outlet with only one hooked up?

(Yes I've tested all the cords I could see in the basement, and yes there are just as many cords as outlets, but I could only get 2 outlets to work by hooking things up)

 

[jamesmcuk]

Of course there is. It allows future expansion or just the possibility should the tech require 2 coax. I reckon you can probably cable and terminate them all. The guy was probably making it a little futureproof.

 

[abailey]

Besides future proofing the only other time I have seen something like that is when someone wanted to add an outlet close (like the other side of the wall or somewhere close like that), and they ran the new outlet to another outlet and ended up putting a splitter in the wall behind the original outlet so they could get both working.