A telecommunications connector assembly comprising: a cable having a first pair of twisted wires, a second pair of twisted wires, a third pair of twisted wires and a fourth pair of twisted wires, and where opposite ends of the cable are mirror images of each other; a first connector having a first substrate (104 1), the first pair of twisted wires being electrically terminated on a first side of the first substrate, the second pair of twisted wires being electrically terminated on a second side of the first substrate, the third pair of twisted wires being electrically terminated on the first side of the first substrate, the fourth pair of twisted wires being electrically terminated on the second side of the first substrate, the second side opposite the first side; a second connector having a second substrate (104 2), the second pair of twisted wires being electrically terminated on the first side of the second substrate, the first pair of twisted wires being electrically terminated on the second side of the second substrate, the third pair of twisted wires being electrically terminated on the second side of the second substrate, the fourth pair of twisted wires being electrically terminated on the first side of the second substrate, the second side opposite the first side; the first side of the first substrate corresponding to the first side of the second substrate; and the second side of the first substrate corresponding to the second side of the second substrate, where locations of wire contacts for terminating the pairs of wires on the first and second sides of the first substrate mirror locations of the pairs of wires on one end of the cable, and where locations of wire contacts for terminating the pairs of wires on the first and second sides of the second substrate mirror locations of the pairs of wires on the opposite end of the cable, characterized in that the first substrate is the same substrate as the second substrate. a cable having a first pair of twisted wires, a second pair of twisted wires, a third pair of twisted wires and a fourth pair of twisted wires, and where opposite ends of the cable are mirror images of each other; a first connector having a first substrate (104 1), the first pair of twisted wires being electrically terminated on a first side of the first substrate, the second pair of twisted wires being electrically terminated on a second side of the first substrate, the third pair of twisted wires being electrically terminated on the first side of the first substrate, the fourth pair of twisted wires being electrically terminated on the second side of the first substrate, the second side opposite the first side; a second connector having a second substrate (104 2), the second pair of twisted wires being electrically terminated on the first side of the second substrate, the first pair of twisted wires being electrically terminated on the second side of the second substrate, the third pair of twisted wires being electrically terminated on the second side of the second substrate, the fourth pair of twisted wires being electrically terminated on the first side of the second substrate, the second side opposite the first side; the first side of the first substrate corresponding to the first side of the second substrate; and the second side of the first substrate corresponding to the second side of the second substrate, where locations of wire contacts for terminating the pairs of wires on the first and second sides of the first substrate mirror locations of the pairs of wires on one end of the cable, and where locations of wire contacts for terminating the pairs of wires on the first and second sides of the second substrate mirror locations of the pairs of wires on the opposite end of the cable, the first substrate is the same substrate as the second substrate.