Methods of reducing and/or avoiding fiber ordering in a connectorized multi-fiber, fiber optic cable system, and related fiber optic cables and assemblies

A method of preparing connectorized ends in a multi-fiber, fiber optic cable to provide a multi-fiber, fiber optic cable system, comprising:

• providing a multi-fiber, fiber optic cable at a length;
• windowing a section of the multi-fiber, fiber optic cable at a first access point to expose optical fibers disposed in the multi-fiber, fiber optic cable;
• placing at least a portion of the exposed optical fibers from the windowed section of the multi-fiber, fiber optic cable into at least one channel in an interior space of a double ferrule having a first end and a second end, the optical fibers exposed through both the first end and the second end of the double ferrule to form a double ferrule assembly;
• fixing an ordering of the optical fibers disposed in the double ferrule assembly in a fixed ordering;
• and
• cutting the double ferrule assembly between the first end of the double ferrule and the second end of the double ferrule to provide a first ferrule having a first end face and a second ferrule having a second end face, wherein the optical fibers disposed through the first end face and the optical fibers disposed through the second end face both have the fixed ordering.