PRECONNECTORIZED DISTRIBUTION CABLE ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF MAKING BY JACKET SEGMENTATION

Disclosed herein are preconnectorized cable assemblies and methods of making by cable segmentation. One method includes making cable assemblies by adding jacket segments around a cable bundle including a plurality of cable units having at least one optical fiber, and then attaching the plurality of jacket segments together. Another method includes making cable assemblies by inserting jacket segments between base jacket portions. The method includes circumferentially cutting a ring cut in a base jacket surrounding a cable bundle having a plurality of subunit cables with at least one optical fiber. An insert jacket segment is then positioned around the cable bundle and inserted within an access window in the base jacket. The insert jacket segment is joined along a longitudinal slit and ends of the insert jacket segment are attached to the base jacket. A subunit cable of the cable bundle extends through the first side opening.