Termination frame with modules and method

A telecommunications connection module comprising:

• a housing with a front face, a rear face, a top, a bottom and opposing sides, defining an interior;
• the front face including a plurality of connection locations for connecting a first telecommunications cable of a first side of the front face with a second telecommunications cable of a second side of the front face;
• each of the connection locations being removably mounted to the front face so that an interior side of each connection location is accessible from outside the interior;
• the top and opposing sides of the housing cooperating to form an integral mounting recess in each side so that the housing may be mounted to a telecommunications equipment rack including slides for receiving an edge of the top adjacent the recess.

A telecommunications connection module comprising:

• a housing with a front face, a rear face, a top, a bottom and opposing sides, defining an interior;
• the front face including a plurality of connection locations for connecting a first telecommunications cable of a first side of the front face with a second telecommunications cable of a second side of the front face;
• each of the connection locations being removably mounted to the front face so that an interior side of each connection location is accessible from outside the interior;
• a portion of the rear of the housing being removably mounted to the housing and including an opening allowing a telecommunications cable to extend into the interior;
• the rear of the housing including angled portions adjacent the sides which are offset toward the front of the housing.

A telecommunications connection system comprising:

• an equipment rack including a base, a top and two vertical supports extending between the top and the base, the supports including a plurality of mounting locations and being positioned adjacent opposing sides of the rack;
• at least one connection module mounted to one of the mounting locations, the connection module including:
• a front, a rear and opposing sides defining an interior;
• the front including a plurality of connection locations for connecting a first telecommunications cable within the interior and a second telecommunications cable outside the interior;
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• the rear including at least one cable access opening for the first telecommunications cable to enter the interior;
• a first cable management structure adjacent a rear of the equipment rack defining a first vertical cable channel adapted to direct the first telecommunications cable to the rear of the connection module and at least one second vertical cable channel for managing telecommunications cables not connected to modules on the equipment rack;
• a second cable management structure adjacent a front of the equipment rack adapted to direct the second telecommunications cable from the connection module.

A method of adding an equipment rack to a telecommunications equipment installation comprising the steps of:

• providing the telecommunications equipment installation with a plurality of existing equipment racks mounted in at least one row, a plurality of telecommunications devices installed on the existing equipment racks, and a plurality of cables extending from the devices mounted to the existing equipment racks;
• selecting a gap in the row, the gap being narrower than the existing equipment racks;
• installing a new equipment rack within the gap in the row, the new equipment rack including a first and a second vertical cable structure located adjacent a rear of the new equipment rack;
• placing the plurality of telecommunications cables extending from the devices mounted to the existing equipment racks into the second vertical cable channel structure of the new equipment rack;
• mounting telecommunications devices to the new equipment rack and leading telecommunications cables within the first vertical cable channel to the devices mounted to the new equipment rack.