Fiber optic cables suitable for automated preconnectorization

A fiber ontic drop cable comprising:

• a main cable ho the main cable body having at least one optical waveguide, at least one strength component, and a cable jacket;
• and
• a tonable lobe, the tonable lobe having a toning wire that includes a copper material for locating the fiber optic drop cable, the tonable lobe being connected to the cable jacket of the main cable body by a web that is frangible, wherein the web has a first radius R1 adjacent to the main cable body and a second radius R2 adjacent to the tonable lobe, and a radius ratio is defined as the ratio between the second radius and the first radius (R2/R1), wherein the radius ratio is greater than about 1.
• the at least one optical waveguide being housed in a buffer tube, the main cable body having two strength components and a plurality of strength members disposed at a plurality interstices between the buffer tube and the two strength components, and
• the plurality of strength members being shaped into a plurality of substantially triangular shapes for improving the balancing of the residual stresses in the fiber optic cable due to shrinkage of a cable jacket during cooling.

A fiber omic drop cable comprising;

• a main cable body the main cable body having at least one optical waveguide and at least one strength component;
• and
• a tonable lobe, the tonable lobe having a toning wire that includes a copper material for locating the fiber optic drop cable and the tonable lobe being connected to the main cable body by a web that is fiangible, wherein the web has a first thickness t1 adjacent to the main cable body and the tonable lobe has a minimum wall thickness t3, wherein a tear control ratio is defined as the ratio between the minimum wall thickness and the first thickness (t3/t1), wherein the tear control ratio is greater than about 0.7.
• the main cable body having two strength components and a plurality strength members disposed at a plurality interstices between a buffer tube and the two strength components, and
• the strength members being shaped into a plurality of substantially triangular shapes for improving the balancing the residual stresses in the fiber optic cable due to shrinkage of a cable jacket during cooling.