Premises cable with glass fiber reinforcement and method of making thereof

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A premises cable (10) having a plurality of inorganic fibers (14) for protecting and suspending a plurality of optical fibers (12) within a polymer jacket (16). The inorganic fibers, preferably glass fibers do not generate , smoke or fire and thus offer an improvement over traditional polyaramid fibers used as reinforcement materials in premises cables. A sizing composition is applied to the inorganic fibers to prevent ribbonization of the inorganic fibers, thereby preventing attenuation of the optical fibers caused by such a ribbonization and also allowing a uniform distribution of glass fibers around the optical fibers to further protect the optical fibers.