Dry core indoor/outdoor fiber optic cable

An indoor/outdoor dry core fiber optic cable or sub-unit that incorporates a plurality of optical fibers surrounded by a buffer material wound helically or in reverse-oscillated lay about a water blocking central strength member at a first tension and a first lay length and a water blocking strength member layer wound helically or in reverse-oscillated lay about the optical fibers at a second tension and a second lay length such that the combination of the buffer material, first tension, first lay length, second tension and second lay length result in an indoor/outdoor dry core optical cable capable of meeting ICEA-696 standards.