Patent ID: 8494329

Claim:
A telecommunications module comprising: a housing including a main housing portion and a removable cover cooperatively defining an interior, the main housing portion defining a first sidewall, a front wall, a rear wall, a first wall, and an opposing second wall, the cover defining a second sidewall of the housing when mounted on the main housing portion to close off the interior, a height of the telecommunications module defined between the first wall and the second wall, the height being between 2 and 3 inches and configured to fit within one standard unit (RU) of rack space in a standard telecommunications rack; the housing including at least one signal output location defined on the front wall of the main housing portion; an optical component located within the interior, the optical component configured to receive a fiber optic input signal coming in from a signal input location of the housing and output a fiber optic output signal going toward the signal output location defined on the front wall of the main housing portion, wherein the telecommunications module is configured such that the signal input location can be defined by either an optional signal input location on the front wall or an optional signal input location on the rear wall of the main housing portion; wherein the optional signal input location on the front wall is defined by a selectively breakable portion of the telecommunications module, wherein the selectively breakable portion of the telecommunications module is defined by a protrusion of the cover that extends from the second sidewall toward the main housing portion, the protrusion received within a recess defined on the front wall, the protrusion being selectively breakable to expose the recess.