Patent 10044409 was granted and assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I on August, 2018 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission medium having a core. A conductive layer forms an uninsulated outer surface of the transmission medium. The conductive layer is configured to impede accumulation of water to support propagation of first electromagnetic waves guided by the uninsulated outer surface. Other embodiments are disclosed.