Patent ID: 8454244

Claim:
A method for installing a communication cable assembly, the cable assembly comprising a communication cable having a free, front end, wherein the cable includes at least an optical fiber that is coaxially surrounded by at least one cable sheath, the method comprising the steps of: providing a cable guide having a starting point and an end point; securing a plug assembly to the cable assembly; guiding the cable assembly, using a transfer medium, with the optical fiber being exposed at the free, front end of the cable, the free, front end being fixedly surrounded by a connecting element from the starting point toward the end point, wherein the step of guiding the cable assembly through the cable guide comprises the plug assembly leading the cable assembly through a section of the cable guide that has (i) an inner diameter of 3 millimeters or less and (ii) a bend radius of less than 75 millimeters; collecting the free, front end of the cable at the end point; mechanically connecting the free, front end of the cable to a communication connector.