Matched high-speed interconnector assembly

A cable connector assembly for use with a receptacle comprising a plurality of evenly spaced tines in a telecommunications system, the assembly comprising:

• a cable comprising a plurality of pairs of conductors;
• and
• a RJ-45 style plug comprising a plug body for terminating said cable at a rear end thereof, a plurality evenly spaced terminal contacts exposed along a front of said plug body and arranged in parallel, and a printed circuit board assembly comprising a plurality of pairs of conductive traces electrically interconnecting each conductor of said pairs of conductors with respective ones of said terminal contacts, wherein a first pair of said pairs of conductors is electrically interconnected with respective ones of a center pair of said terminal contacts and a second of said pairs of conductors is electrically interconnected with respective ones of a second pair of said terminal contacts, said center pair of terminal contacts positioned between and immediately adjacent to each of said terminal contact of said second pair of terminal contacts;
• wherein when said plug is inserted into the receptacle, each of said plurality of terminal contacts comes into electrical contact with a respective one of the plurality of tines along a contact region, wherein each of said terminal contacts comprises a first end and a second end and wherein each of said center pair of terminal contacts is electrically interconnected with a respective trace towards a first end and each of said second pair of terminal contacts is electrically interconnected with a respective trace towards a second end and such that a current flow between said plug and the receptacle in said center pair of terminal contacts is in a direction substantially opposite to that of said second pair of terminal contacts to achieve the preferred compensation.