Patent ID: 7783147

Claim:
An optical fibre drop cable, said cable consisting of electrical conductors, at least one elongate container for one or more optical fibres, an electrically non-conductive reinforcing sleeve housing said conductors and said at least one elongate container, the reinforcing sleeve comprising strands of electrically non-conductive fibres helically wound around the electrical conductors and the at least one elongate container, and sheathing for said reinforcing sleeve, wherein said electrical conductors are not twisted pair lines and are stranded around at least one elongate container and said at least one elongate container is stranded around said electrical conductors, wherein the reinforcing sleeve is arranged continuously along the entire length of the cable, the sheathing is applied directly on the surface of the reinforcing sleeve, and the sheathing does not contact the electrical conductors and the at least one elongate container, and wherein said cable is an optical fibre drop cable suitable for suspension installation.