Patent ID: 6990279

Claim:
A buried fiber optic cable system comprising: a distribution fiber optic cable extending along a buried route; at least one fiber optic splice enclosure connected to said distribution fiber optic cable along the buried route; and a first sub-distribution fiber optic system extending along the buried route in a first direction away from said at least one fiber optic splice enclosure and comprising a plurality of spaced apart fiber optic taps along the buried route, a first sub-distribution fiber optic cable extending along the buried route between said at least one fiber optic splice enclosure and a first one of said plurality of fiber optic taps, at least one second sub-distribution fiber optic cable extending along the buried route between adjacent fiber optic taps so that said first sub-distribution fiber optic cable and said at least one second sub-distribution fiber optic cable are arranged in end-to-end relation, and at least one drop fiber optic cable extending away from the buried route at at least one of said fiber optic taps.