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A coaxial cable connector(20) includes a connector housing (27), a back nut (26)threadingly engaging a rearward end of the connector housing, a ferrule (22) gripping and advancing an end of the coaxial cable into the connector housing as the back nut is tightened, and an insulator member (32) positioned within a medial portion of the connector housing. The insulator member may have a bore extending therethrough and include a forward disk portion (33), a rearward disk portion (36), a ring portion (34) connecting the forward and disk portions together, and a tubular outer conductor support portion (37) extending rearwardly from the rearward disk portion for supporting an interior surface of the outer conductor (43) of the end of the coaxial cable (40). The insulator member may an integrally formed monolithic member and the ring portion may have a reduced strength portion (35) therein.