Communications Connectors with Self-Compensating Insulation Displacement Contacts

A communications connector, comprising:

• a dielectric housing that includes a first row of through slots and a second row of through slots, and a plurality of dividers that separate respective ones of the through slots in the first row from corresponding through slots in the second row;
• at least four pairs of substantially planar tip and ring insulation displacement contact (IDCs) mounted in the housing, wherein each IDC is at least partly received within a respective one of the through slots, with the tip IDCs received within the through slots in the first row of through slots and the ring IDCs received within the through slots in the second row of through slots;
• wherein each of the IDCs has an upper end that has a first wire receiving slot and a lower end that has a second wire receiving slot, the first wire receiving slot and the second wire receiving slot of each IDC being generally parallel and non-collinear;
• wherein an upper end of the housing including a plurality of slits that define a plurality of pillars;
• and
• wherein each slit of the plurality of slits exposes inner edges of the first wire receiving slot of a respective one of the IDCs.