An electrical connector , comprising: mating conductors configured to engage plug contacts from a modular plug at a mating interface , the mating conductors comprising differential pairs (P1, P2, P3, P4); a circuit board defining a thickness and having associated pairs of input and output terminals and signal traces (231-238) that electrically connect the associated pairs of input and output terminals , the input terminals being communicatively coupled to the mating conductors and the output terminals being configured to communicatively couple to cable conductors of a communication cable; wherein each associated pair of input and output terminals is electrically connected through a corresponding signal trace (231-238) that has a conductive path extending between the corresponding input and output terminals , wherein at least two signal traces form a broadside-coupling region in which the at least two signal traces are spaced apart from one another along an orientation axis along which the thickness of the circuit board is measured, and the at least two signal traces extend parallel to each other through the broadside-coupling region for a crosstalk-reducing distance (D CRT1 ), wherein the broadside-coupling region includes first, second and third broadside-coupling components (D CR1 , D CR2 , D CR3 ) that comprise the crosstalk-reducing distance (D CRT1 ), the crosstalk-reducing distance (D CRT1 ) being at least greater than inadvertent cross-overs of the signal traces, characterised in that : the at least two signal traces are electrically connected to separate first and second differential pairs (P1, P2), and the at least two signal traces change direction at least once in the broadside-coupling region . mating conductors configured to engage plug contacts from a modular plug at a mating interface , the mating conductors comprising differential pairs (P1, P2, P3, P4); a circuit board defining a thickness and having associated pairs of input and output terminals and signal traces (231-238) that electrically connect the associated pairs of input and output terminals , the input terminals being communicatively coupled to the mating conductors and the output terminals being configured to communicatively couple to cable conductors of a communication cable; wherein each associated pair of input and output terminals is electrically connected through a corresponding signal trace (231-238) that has a conductive path extending between the corresponding input and output terminals , wherein at least two signal traces form a broadside-coupling region in which the at least two signal traces are spaced apart from one another along an orientation axis along which the thickness of the circuit board is measured, and the at least two signal traces extend parallel to each other through the broadside-coupling region for a crosstalk-reducing distance (D CRT1 ), wherein the broadside-coupling region includes first, second and third broadside-coupling components (D CR1 , D CR2 , D CR3 ) that comprise the crosstalk-reducing distance (D CRT1 ), the crosstalk-reducing distance (D CRT1 ) being at least greater than inadvertent cross-overs of the signal traces, characterised in that : the at least two signal traces are electrically connected to separate first and second differential pairs (P1, P2), and the at least two signal traces change direction at least once in the broadside-coupling region . the at least two signal traces are electrically connected to separate first and second differential pairs (P1, P2), and the at least two signal traces change direction at least once in the broadside-coupling region . <EOS>