Monthly Maintenance: Randomly inspect fiber optic cable connections, test backbone fiber optic link attenuation, and clean connector end faces. 25 deals with general features in relation to the maintenance and operation of optical fibre cable networks. 6 “Methods of keeping cable under gas pressure”, and is discussed in Part. Small oil micro-deposits and dust particles on fiber optic cable optical surfaces may cause a loss of light or degraded signal power which may ultimately cause intermittent problems in the optical connection.