A flat drop optical fiber cable comprising: one or more buffer tubes, wherein the one or more buffer tubes extends substantially along a longitudinal axis passing through a geometrical center of the flat drop optical fiber cable, wherein each of the one or more buffer tubes is positioned to intersect a first straight line extending orthogonally to the longitudinal axis of the flat drop optical fiber cable, wherein the one or more buffer tubes extend along entire length of the flat drop optical fiber cable, and wherein the one or more buffer tubes are formed of one of low smoke zero halogen or thermoplastic elastomer; a plurality of optical fiber ribbons, wherein each of the plurality of optical fiber ribbons comprising a plurality of optical fibers, wherein the one or more buffer tubes encapsulates the plurality of optical fiber ribbons, wherein the plurality of optical fibers in the flat drop optical fiber cable is 144, wherein the flat drop optical fiber cable has a weight of 110 kilograms per kilometer; and a cable sheath encapsulating the one or more buffer tubes and the plurality of optical fiber ribbons, wherein the cable sheath has a substantially elliptical cross section such that the substantially elliptical cross section of the cable sheath comprises a first flat side and a second flat side parallel to the first straight line, and wherein each of the one or more buffer tubes is circular in cross section, encapsulated in the elliptical cross section of the cable sheath, wherein each of the one or more buffer tubes is strippable or finger peelable, and wherein a minimum thickness of the cable sheath over the one or more buffer tubes is in a range of about 1.4 millimeters± 0.1 millimeter. one or more buffer tubes, wherein the one or more buffer tubes extends substantially along a longitudinal axis passing through a geometrical center of the flat drop optical fiber cable, wherein each of the one or more buffer tubes is positioned to intersect a first straight line extending orthogonally to the longitudinal axis of the flat drop optical fiber cable, wherein the one or more buffer tubes extend along entire length of the flat drop optical fiber cable, and wherein the one or more buffer tubes are formed of one of low smoke zero halogen or thermoplastic elastomer; a plurality of optical fiber ribbons, wherein each of the plurality of optical fiber ribbons comprising a plurality of optical fibers, wherein the one or more buffer tubes encapsulates the plurality of optical fiber ribbons, wherein the plurality of optical fibers in the flat drop optical fiber cable is 144, wherein the flat drop optical fiber cable has a weight of 110 kilograms per kilometer; and a cable sheath encapsulating the one or more buffer tubes and the plurality of optical fiber ribbons, wherein the cable sheath has a substantially elliptical cross section such that the substantially elliptical cross section of the cable sheath comprises a first flat side and a second flat side parallel to the first straight line, and wherein each of the one or more buffer tubes is circular in cross section, encapsulated in the elliptical cross section of the cable sheath, wherein each of the one or more buffer tubes is strippable or finger peelable, and wherein a minimum thickness of the cable sheath over the one or more buffer tubes is in a range of about 1.4 millimeters± 0.1 millimeter.