insures good conductive engagement between the shield member 108 and all of the mylar foil shields 118 in addition the spike 132 will provide strain relief to the cable 26 when the fingers 134 136 138 140 are compressed as will be described each of the twisted pairs 116 is then installed transversely into a respective one of the guide slots 144 the tight fit within the slot 144 provides individual shield grounding for the shielded twisted pair the twisted pair 116 is then inserted into one or the other of the cutting slots 154 depending upon which side of the walls 124 128 that twisted pair is the twisted pair 116 is then rubbed against the sharpened edges of the cutting slot 154 which nicks the thin mylar foil shield 118 allowing it to be removed from the twisted pair 116 at a predetermined location thereon rearwardly of the walls 124 126 128 130 the individual wires of the twisted pairs 116 are then each terminated to a respective one of the contact members 106 as will be described as shown in fig7 after the twisted pairs 116 are inserted into the respective guide slots 144 and have their mylar foil shields cut in the cutting slots 154 the insulated wires of the twisted pairs 116 are terminated to respective contact members 106 held in the contact housings 104 the housings 104 are preferably molded of an insulative plastic material and illustratively are molded as units for holding four separate contact members 106 as two opposed pairs of contact members for purposes of the present invention it is only required that the contact housing be molded as a unit to hold a single opposed.