Patent ID: 6893299

Claim:
A telecommunications device comprising: a rack having a front and a rear; a plurality of jacks including access ports adapted for receiving plugs, the jacks including normal-through switches having tip and ring springs for contacting the plugs when the plugs are inserted within the access ports, the normal through switches also including normal springs that engage the tip and ring springs when the plugs are not inserted in the access ports, the access ports being accessible from the front of the rack; termination structures mounted at the rear of the rack, the termination structures including panels having opposite first and second edges, the termination structures being arranged in a plurality of rows, the termination structures being electrically connected to the jacks by interconnect cables that extend through the rack; the rack including cable management channels positioned between the rows of termination structures, the edges of the panels extending along the cable management channels; and at least some of the termination structures including first and second cable management devices positioned respectively along the first and second edges of the panels, the cable management devices each including a plurality of spaced-apart dividers that define a plurality of spaces for receiving wires/cables routed from the cable management channels to the panels.