Patent ID: 8488747

Claim:
A surge protection module comprising: an overvoltage protection component; a ground pin configured on a bottom end of the surge protection module, the ground pin in electrical communication with the overvoltage protection component; a pair of outside plant tip and ring pins configured on the bottom end of the surge protection module, the pair of outside plant tip and ring pins in electrical communication with the overvoltage protection component; a pair of plain old telephone service (POTS) tip and ring pins configured on the bottom end of the surge protection module; a cover having apertures configured to receive a wire wrap pair consisting of a digital subscriber line (DSL) tip wire and a DSL ring wire; an integrated signal splitter configured to connect to the DSL tip wire, the DSL ring wire, and the POTS tip and ring pins, wherein the integrated signal splitter is further configured to combine a first signal from the DSL tip wire with a second signal from the POTS tip pin to generate a DSL/POTS tip output signal, and combine a third signal from the DSL ring wire with a fourth signal from the POTS ring pin to generate a DSL/POTS ring output signal; and wherein the integrated signal splitter is configured to be in electrical communication with the overvoltage protection component and to output the DSL/POTS tip output signal and the DSL/POTS ring output signal to the overvoltage protection component.