Patent ID: 7713094

Claim:
A communication connector comprising: a communication jack; a plug body shaped to mate with the communication jack, the plug body having a contact region with a plurality of plug contacts including a first contact, P-T 1 , a second contact, P-T 2 , a third contact, P-T 3 , a fourth contact, P-T 4 , a fifth contact, P-T 5 , a sixth contact, P-T 6 , a seventh contact, P-T 7 , and an eighth contact, P-T 8 , being located in juxtaposition in numerical order, the first contact, P-T 1 , positioned closest to a first side of the plug body, and the eighth contact, P-T 8 , positioned closest to a second side of the plug body opposite the first side, the plug body including a cross-over region positioned away from the plurality of plug contacts; and a communication cable including a first twisted pair having two wires, a second twisted pair having two wires, a third twisted pair having two wires, and a fourth twisted pair having two wires, one of the two wires of the second twisted pair being connected to the first contact, P-T 1 , and the other of the two wires of the second twisted pair being connected to the second contact, P-T 2 , one of the two wires of the fourth twisted pair being connected to the seventh contact, P-T 7 , and the other of the two wires of the fourth twisted pair being connected to the eighth contact, P-T 8 , the second twisted pair and the fourth twisted pair extending from the contact region and crossing the other in the cross-over region, the two wires of the second twisted pair being twisted together in the cross-over region and extending from the cross-over region in a direction away from the contact region at a location adjacent a portion of the second side, and the two wires of the fourth twisted pair being twisted together in the cross-over region and extending from the cross-over region in a direction away from the contact region at a location adjacent a portion of the first side.