This section covers Agency requirements for fiber optic service entrance cables intended for aerial installation either by attachment to a support strand or by an integrated self-supporting arrangement, for underground application by placement in a duct, or for buried. This section covers Agency requirements for fiber optic service entrance cables intended for aerial installation either by attachment to a support strand or by an integrated self-supporting arrangement, for underground application by placement in a duct, or for buried. The Fiber Optic Association, Inc. (FOA) was founded in 1995 to help develop the workforce to build the fiber optic networks to support a rapid expansion in communications and the Internet. Because they are quality standards, NEIS® may in some instanc s go beyond the minimum requirements of the NEC. FO-GB GROUNDING AND BONDING 49. APPENDIX A - COVER SHEET / TOC 52. RUS DRAWING. Where reels are supplied with protective material fitted over the cable, the protection should remain in place until the cable will be installed. During installation, all curvatures should be smooth. Turn-backs and all sharp changes of direction. Corning Optical Communications self-supporting (figure-8) optical fiber cable greatly simplifies the task of placing fiber optic cable on an aerial plant.