Patent ID: 8718426

Claim:
An optical fiber cable consisting essentially of: (a) an optical fiber buffer encasement comprising: i. at least two optical fibers encased in a polymer matrix, the polymer matrix having a first modulus, ii. a polymer encasement encasing the polymer matrix, the polymer encasement and the polymer matrix having a round cross section and having a second modulus where the second modulus is greater than the first modulus, and (b) a first polymer wrap strength layer surrounding optical fiber buffer encasement, (c) a first cable jacket surrounding the first polymer wrap strength layer, the first cable jacket consisting essentially of polymer material having a round cross section, (d) a second polymer wrap strength layer surrounding the first cable jacket, and (e) a second polymer cable jacket surrounding the second polymer wrap strength layer, the second cable jacket having a round cross section, wherein (d) and (e) are adapted to be removed from (a)-(c).