Abstract: A telecommunications wiring device comprising first and second connectors, a first cable segment and a diversion lead. Preselected wires from the first cable segment are terminated in the first connector, while all wires from the other end of the first cable segment are terminated in the second connector. Wires in the diversion lead are preselectively terminated in the first connector in unoccupied termination locations. As a result, certain electronic signals entering the first connector will continue through the first cable segment while other signals entering the first connector will be diverted through the diversion lead. This construction allows electronic signals to be diverted to a user telecommunications device without creating bridge tap on the signal path.

Abstract: A telecommunications wiring system reliably provides fast configuration and reconfiguration of user telecommunications devices within a localized telecommunications network. A series of piping assemblies creates a network of pair appearances in multiple. Then, hard-wired pair selectors, extractors, are used to connect at least one preselected signal from the piping assembly to the telecommunications device. Since only several of the many signal paths are permanently spliced within the connector of the extractor, only those several paths provide a continuous path for transmission. Whenever the position of a telecommunications device needs to be changed within the network, the extractor associated with the telecommunications device is unplugged from the piping assembly to accompany the telecommunications device to its new location.