Abstract: A terminal unit which is both modular and encapsulated is disclosed. The cable stub and cross-connect blocks are connected to the unit. The unit contains hinged panels on which the cross-connect blocks are mounted. The stub pairs are wired to the rear of the blocks. The rear of the blocks and the base wherein the cable stub enters the unit are then encapsulated. The assembled encapsulated modular unit may then be installed in a suitably arranged terminal enclosure.

Abstract: An arrangement of distribution and feeder field terminal blocks for mounting in an enclosure of a cross-connect terminal. The arrangement encourages and facilitates minimal routing of jumpers connecting cable pairs in the feeder field to cable pairs in the distribution field. The feeder fields are arranged in two parallel columns located substantially in the center of the enclosure. The distribution fields are located along the periphery of the enclosure in two columns and/or rows which are parallel to each other and separated from each other by the feeder fields.