A cable connector includes a body having a longitudinal axis, a front, and an annular sidewall extending reardwardly from the front of the body along the longitudinal axis. The connector further includes a compression band in the sidewall, wherein the compression band has a thinned portion of the sidewall and also annular first and second ridges flanking the thinned portion. A compression collar is mounted to the body for axial movement between a retracted position and an advanced position in which the sidewall is deformed radially inward only at the compression band.