Patent ID: 7308176

Claim:
Method for installing optical fiber cable by attaching the optical fiber cable to a customer premises wherein the optical fiber cable comprises an optical fiber subunit (OF) and a strength member subunit (SM), wherein the optical fiber subunit contains a first strength member and the strength member subunit contains a second strength member, wherein said first and second strength members are solid in cross section and primarily adapted for imparting strength to the optical fiber drop cable, wherein both of the subunits are fully encased in a common cable encasement; and wherein the optical fiber subunit comprises at least one optical fiber and a first encasement layer conformally coating the at least one optical fiber, the method comprising: (a) installing a first length of optical fiber cable wherein the OF and SM are encased in the common encasement, (b) installing a second length of optical fiber cable by: i. separating the SM from the OF, ii. attaching the optical fiber in the OF to an optical fiber connector on the customer premises, iii. attaching the first strength member in the OF to the customer premises, and iv. attaching the SM to a mechanical clamp on the customer premises.