Compact storage and distribution module for optical fiber and cable

A storage and distribution module for optical fiber and cable, comprising:

• a base including a bottom wall and a first side wall;
• the bottom wall of the base includes a boss having a generally cylindrical wall, and a top of the boss is disposed a certain height above the bottom wall of the base;
• a number of spool mounting fingers configured to extend from the top of the boss, for retaining a fiber supply spool containing slack windings of an optical fiber when a first end face of the spool is centered over and urged onto the mounting fingers;
• wherein the bottom wall of the base, the cylindrical wall of the boss, and the first end face of the spool when retained on the mounting fingers, together define a storage region underneath the spool for storing a slack length of a provider cable;
• and
• an adapter bracket fixed inside the base, wherein the bracket is constructed and arranged to support a connector adapter configured to connect a first connector that terminates the slack windings of a fiber contained on the supply spool when the spool is retained on the mounting fingers, with a second connector that terminates the slack length of a provider cable when the cable is stored in the storage region underneath the supply spool.