Patent ID: 8649649

Claim:
A fiber distribution hub comprising: an enclosure; a splitter region positioned within the enclosure, the splitter region including at least one splitter; a termination region positioned within the enclosure, the termination region including a plurality of adapters; at least a first feeder cable routed into the enclosure, the feeder cable including at least one optical fiber that is optically coupled to the splitter at the splitter region; a plurality of subscriber stub cables routed into the enclosure, the subscriber stub cables each including at least two optical fibers that each have a connectorized end inserted into one of the adapters at the termination region, the subscriber stub cables each being terminated at a remote end by a single, ruggedized multi-fiber connector, the remote end being located outside of the enclosure, wherein the ruggedized multi-fiber connector is shaped and sized to couple to another ruggedized multi-fiber connector without an adapter; and a manager configured to releasably retain the connectorized ends of the subscriber stub cables while the connectorized ends are located within a handhole spaced from the enclosure.