Telecommunications cabinet with connector storage

A cabinet comprising:

• a main body and a door, the main body having sidewalls extending between a top and a bottom and between an open front and a rear, the cabinet defining an interior accessible through the open front, the door being coupled to the main body to pivot between an open position and a closed position;
• a termination field disposed within the cabinet, the termination field including a plurality of fiber optic adapters;
• a splitter module mounting region disposed within the cabinet;
• a splitter module disposed at the splitter module mounting region, the splitter module including an optical splitter that connects an input fiber to a plurality of optical pigtails, the optical pigtails including optical fibers extending from the splitter module to ends terminated by fiber optic connectors, each fiber optic connector extending along a respective longitudinal connector axis between front and rear ends of the fiber optic connector, the optical fibers of the splitter pigtails including cable portions that extend between the splitter module and the rear ends of the fiber optic connectors;
• a connector holder mounting region disposed at a location within the cabinet that is spaced from the splitter module mounting region;
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• a connector holder disposed at the connector holder mounting region, the connector holder being configured to store the front ends of the fiber optic connectors of the splitter pigtails, each fiber optic connector being removable from the connector holder by moving the fiber optic connector in an orientation along the respective longitudinal connector axis, and wherein none of the cable portions of the splitter pigtails pass through the connector holder