An electrical connector comprising: an electrically insulative connector housing; and a leadframe supported by the connector housing, the leadframe including an electrically insulative leadframe housing and a plurality of electrical signal contacts supported by the leadframe housing; and an electrically conductive ground plate positioned adjacent to the leadframe housing, the ground plate including an electrically conductive plate body and a drain wire connection adjacent a first side of the ground plate; wherein the electrical connector is configured to receive at least one electrical cable in a longitudinal direction such that at least one signal conductor of the at least one electrical cable is attached to a corresponding at least one of the signal contacts, characterized in that the drain wire connection is a drain wire connection tab that is cut out from the plate body and bent so as to project out from the plate body and comprises a tab body and an opening that extends through the tab body along the longitudinal direction and is configured to receive a drain wire of the at least one electrical cable, wherein: either the opening is sized to receive an exposed portion of the drain wire of the at least one electrical cable such that, when tab body bends about a transverse direction that is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction towards the electrically conductive plate body, the tab body captures the exposed portion of the drain wire between the tab body and the electrically conductive plate body, thereby placing the drain wire in electrical communication with the ground plate with the drain wire elongated in the longitudinal direction substantially parallel to the at least one signal conductor of the at least one electrical cable; or the opening is sized to maintain connection between the tab body and the drain wire, in assembled state when the drain wire extends through the opening, without bending the tab body toward the plate body; and wherein the signal contacts of the leadframe are adjacent a second side of the ground plate which is opposite to said first side of the ground plate along the longitudinal direction. an electrically insulative connector housing; and a leadframe supported by the connector housing, the leadframe including an electrically insulative leadframe housing and a plurality of electrical signal contacts supported by the leadframe housing; and an electrically conductive ground plate positioned adjacent to the leadframe housing, the ground plate including an electrically conductive plate body and a drain wire connection adjacent a first side of the ground plate; wherein the electrical connector is configured to receive at least one electrical cable in a longitudinal direction such that at least one signal conductor of the at least one electrical cable is attached to a corresponding at least one of the signal contacts, characterized in that the drain wire connection is a drain wire connection tab that is cut out from the plate body and bent so as to project out from the plate body and comprises a tab body and an opening that extends through the tab body along the longitudinal direction and is configured to receive a drain wire of the at least one electrical cable, wherein: either the opening is sized to receive an exposed portion of the drain wire of the at least one electrical cable such that, when tab body bends about a transverse direction that is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction towards the electrically conductive plate body, the tab body captures the exposed portion of the drain wire between the tab body and the electrically conductive plate body, thereby placing the drain wire in electrical communication with the ground plate with the drain wire elongated in the longitudinal direction substantially parallel to the at least one signal conductor of the at least one electrical cable; or the opening is sized to maintain connection between the tab body and the drain wire, in assembled state when the drain wire extends through the opening, without bending the tab body toward the plate body; either the opening is sized to receive an exposed portion of the drain wire of the at least one electrical cable such that, when tab body bends about a transverse direction that is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction towards the electrically conductive plate body, the tab body captures the exposed portion of the drain wire between the tab body and the electrically conductive plate body, thereby placing the drain wire in electrical communication with the ground plate with the drain wire elongated in the longitudinal direction substantially parallel to the at least one signal conductor of the at least one electrical cable; or the opening is sized to maintain connection between the tab body and the drain wire, in assembled state when the drain wire extends through the opening, without bending the tab body toward the plate body; and wherein the signal contacts of the leadframe are adjacent a second side of the ground plate which is opposite to said first side of the ground plate along the longitudinal direction.