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PCT No. PCT/GB96/01909 Sec. 371 Date Jul. 24, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Jul. 24, 1998 PCT Filed Aug. 8, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO97/06460 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 20, 1997A method and assembly of providing a building or other location with an optical fibre ribbon cable having a plurality of optical fibres terminated by a connector is provided. The method and assembly enable optical fibre ribbon cables to be terminated in a factory rather than on site, and then to be installed by blown fibre methods, even when the ribbon cable is terminated by connectors that are too large to be inserted in the duct. The assembly includes an optical fibre ribbon cable having a plurality of optical fibres, a unitary insert for a connector that terminates at least one end of the cable, and a housing for the connector which can be located about the insert to form a composite connector. The optical fibre ribbon cable as thus terminated is capable of being propelled along a duct by fluid drag of a gaseous medium. A building or other location is provided with the cable by introducing a leading end of the optical fibre ribbon cable, which has been terminated at at least its leading end by the unitary insert for the connector, into a bore of a duct and propelling the ribbon cable along the duct by fluid drag of a gaseous medium, and after the ribbon cable has been propelled along the duct, locating the housing of the connector about the insert to form the composite connector.
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