Abstract: A drop wire clamp useful for double-stranded figure eight cable is provided with a trough and an apertured plate descending from one end of the trough so that the clamp can be suspended from a suitable support. The trough is dimensioned to accept the cable without threading and without compression on the signal-carrying portion of the cable. The cable is retained in the trough by wrapping separated semi-rigid support strand around the trough.

Abstract: The invention contemplates a buried-cable junction enclosure that is characterized by an inner wall surface of circular symmetry about a vertical axis, wherein a relatively large-diameter cylindrical base member or storage vault accommodates substantial helically coiled end lengths of the two cables to be spliced, and wherein an intermediate frustoconical member provides smooth inner-surface transition from the base member to the much-reduced cylindrical inner surface of a pedestal member, having removable-cap access at or near grade level. The pedestal member is sized and adapted for removable suspension and containment of the splice case by which corresponding lines (fibers) of the respective cable ends are connected. The respective cables enter the enclosure at diametrically opposed ports at the closed end or floor of the base member.