Low-crosstalk modular communication connector

The present invention refers to a modular communication connector including a housing (12) defining a plug receiving opening (14) and comprising a conductor carrying sled (30). To improve the crosstalk performance and to provide for a simplified field terminability the connector has a first plurality of conductors (32) each having a portion (34) arranged in accordance with a standard telephone wiring configuration and a second plurality of conductors (36) each having insulation displacement IDC portions (38) for termination pairs of wires (28) of a communication cable (70), wherein the IDC portions are arranged in an upper and a lower row of four IDC portions each such that the top and bottom IDC portion at each end of the rows terminates a wire pair and the two internal IDC portions of each row terminate a wire pair (Fig. 3).