Electrical cable connector

An electrical cable connector comprising:

• electrical contacts not defined as PCB pads or PCB contacts, wherein the electrical contacts comprise a plurality of signal contacts that are arranged along respective columns that extend in a transverse direction;
• and
• a connector housing that supports the electrical contacts, wherein the connector housing does not contain or receive an edge card;
• a twin axial cable electrically connected to respective ones of the electrical contacts;
• and
• a ground plate that includes a plate body and a plurality of ground mating ends and ground mounting ends that extend out from the plate body, wherein the plate body, the ground mating ends, and the ground mounting ends are all monolithic with each other,
• wherein the ground plate defines a plurality of recessed regions that are recessed into the plate body along a lateral direction that is perpendicular to the transverse direction, respective ones of the recessed regions being aligned with respective pairs of mating ends of the signal contacts along the lateral direction, and
• wherein the electrical cable connector is configured to transmit electrical signals at data transfer speeds of 56 gigabits/sec NRZ or 112 gigabits/sec PAM-4 signaling.