Patent ID: 7289714

Claim:
A telecommunications cable comprising: a distribution cable including a cable jacket and at least one buffer tube positioned within the cable jacket, the distribution cable including a breakout location where a portion of the distribution cable jacket has been removed to form a stripped region and where the at least one buffer tube includes a fiber access location; a tether including a tether jacket, a tether buffer tube positioned within the tether jacket; a length of optical fiber extending from a first end to a second end, the first end being optically coupled to the distribution cable and the second end being optically coupled to the tether; and a tube having a hollow body positioned about the length of optical fiber, the body defining an opening adjacent a first end of the body, the body being slit from the first end of the body to the opening to form first and second fingers, the fingers being configured to flex sufficiently to wrap around the at least one buffer tube of the distribution cable adjacent the fiber access location.