Patent ID: 7826706

Claim:
A telecommunications connection cabinet comprising: an enclosure defining an interior, the enclosure including at least one door for covering an access opening used to access the interior; a fiber optic splitter enclosed within a splitter housing mounted at a splitter mounting location within the interior of the enclosure, the fiber optic splitter being configured to split an optical signal into a plurality of optical signals that are carried by a plurality of first optical fibers, each first optical fiber being terminated by a fiber optic connector; a plurality of fiber optic adapters mounted at a fiber connection location within the interior of the enclosure, each fiber optic adapter having a first side and a second side, the first side of each fiber optic adapter defining a receptacle that is configured to receive the fiber optic connector of one of the first optical fibers, the second side of each fiber optic adapter defining a receptacle that is configured to receive a fiber optic connector of one of a plurality of second optical fibers, wherein the fiber optic adapters are configured to optically couple together the first optical fibers and the second optical fibers; and at least one storage block mounted at a connector storage location within the interior of the enclosure, the connector storage location being spaced from the splitter mounting location, the storage block being configured to hold the fiber optic connectors of at least some of the first optical fibers, the storage block defining a plurality of connector storage positions, at least some of the connector storage positions not including structure for optically coupling together two fiber optic connectors; the splitter mounting location being located between the fiber connection location and the connector storage location.