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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-06-110679
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20060512

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			OPTICAL CABLE CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001000230
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	DRAWING AND INSULATING NONFERROUS WIRE [3357]
		IRS NUMBER:				541237042
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			VA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5290 CONCOURSE DR
		CITY:			ROANOKE
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			24019
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5402650690

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5290 CONCOURSE DRIVE
		CITY:			ROANOKE
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			24019
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Via EDGAR, Overnight Mail and Facsimile </U></B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">May&nbsp;12, 2006 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Ms.&nbsp;Nili Shah, Accounting Branch Chief </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Ms.&nbsp;Tracey McKoy, Staff Accountant </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">United States Securities and Exchange Commission </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Division of Corporation Finance </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1 Station
Place, N.E., Stop 7010 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Washington, D.C. 20549 </FONT></P> <P
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>RE:</B></FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Optical Cable Corporation</B> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Form 10-K for the
Fiscal Year Ended October&nbsp;31, 2005</B> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Form 10-Q for the Fiscal Quarter Ended January&nbsp;31, 2006</B> </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>File No. 0-27022</B> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Dear Ms.&nbsp;Shah and Ms.&nbsp;McKoy: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On behalf of our client Optical Cable Corporation, (&#147;Optical Cable&#148;), we are providing responses
to the Staff&#146;s letter of comments, dated May&nbsp;1, 2006 (the &#147;Staff Letter&#148;), with respect to Optical Cable&#146;s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October&nbsp;31, 2005 and Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended January&nbsp;31,
2006. This letter has been submitted by facsimile and by EDGAR. A hard copy has been sent by overnight courier for delivery on May&nbsp;15, 2006. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Set
forth below are Optical Cable&#146;s responses to the Staff Letter. The numbered paragraphs in this letter correspond to the numbers contained in the Staff Letter. Capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined have the meanings given to them in
the Form 10-K or Form 10-Q, unless the context indicates otherwise. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>COMMENT: </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>General </U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Please provide, in writing, a statement from the company acknowledging the following: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in their filings; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and
</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>RESPONSE: </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Optical Cable Corporation has provided the acknowledgement as indicated in Exhibit A which is attached to this letter. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>COMMENT: </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended October&nbsp;31, 2005 </U></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Note Receivable, page 25 </U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We have read your response to prior comment 1 of our letter dated April&nbsp;7, 2006. Please tell us and disclose, in future filings, the size of the Borrower, pursuant to paragraph
24.b of FIN 46(R). </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>RESPONSE: </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Optical
Cable&#146;s disclosure in note 4 to the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended October&nbsp;31, 2005 stated &#147;As a development stage company, the Borrower currently has limited revenues and assets.&#148; </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Paragraph 24 of FIN 46(R) states in part that &#147;An enterprise that holds a significant variable interest in a variable interest entity but is not the &#147;primary
beneficiary&#148; shall disclose &#133; the nature, purpose, size, and activities of the variable interest entity.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Because FIN 46(R) does not define
more specifically the requirement regarding appropriate disclosure of the size of the entity, Optical Cable believed that the disclosure provided the reader with sufficient information by stating that the Borrower is a development stage company that
does not yet have significant revenues or assets. Optical Cable believed their disclosure regarding the size of the Borrower to be in compliance with FIN 46(R). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Further, although Optical Cable believed it complied with the requirements of FIN 46(R) based on the limited guidance as to how to define the size of the entity provided in that literature, it should be noted that Optical Cable is only
required to disclose information relating to the size of the Borrower if it believes that the information is material based on SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No.&nbsp;99, &#147;Materiality,&#148; (&#147;SAB 99&#148;). According to SAB 99, an omission
is &#147;material&#148; if, in light of surrounding circumstances, the magnitude of the item is such that it is probable that the judgment of a reasonable person relying upon the report would have been changed or influenced by the inclusion or
correction of the item&#151;in this case, omission of further description of the size of the development stage entity. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Based upon the guidelines set forth
in SAB 99, Optical Cable believes it is not probable that the judgment of a reasonable person relying upon the report would have been changed or influenced by further description of the size of the Borrower and that the omission of further
description of the size of the Borrower is not material to Optical Cable&#146;s required disclosure. In making this determination, Optical Cable considered both the quantitative and qualitative guidelines of SAB 99, including but not limited to the
following: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) As of October&nbsp;31, 2005, total assets of the Borrower accounted for less than 2% of the total assets of Optical Cable. And, as of
January&nbsp;31, 2006, total assets of the Borrower accounted for less than 3% of the total assets of Optical Cable; and </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) Total revenues for the fiscal year end of the Borrower accounted for less than 3% of the total revenues for the last
fiscal year of Optical Cable. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In conclusion, Optical Cable believes that it has fulfilled its disclosure obligations in its filings to date relating to
the Borrower. Optical Cable will continue to consider what constitutes appropriate disclosure relating to the size of the Borrower based on information available and changes in circumstances, including, among other things, the results of operations
and financial position of the Borrower, in future filings. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>COMMENT: </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Form 10-Q for the Fiscal Quarter Ended January&nbsp;31, 2006</U> </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>General</U> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We note your response to prior comment 2 of our letter dated April&nbsp;7, 2006. You indicate that you met the probable criterion in paragraph 6.c of SFAS 112 on February&nbsp;3,
2006. However, we note that the Form 8-K that discloses this event is dated January&nbsp;28, 2006, even though it was not filed until February&nbsp;22, 2006. Please provide us with a timeline of events leading up to the termination of your
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">former senior vice president, including the specific events that occurred on January&nbsp;28, 2006 that gave rise to your reporting obligation on Form 8-K, as well as your
consideration of each of these events in determining that the liability was not probable until February&nbsp;3, 2006. We also remind you of the requirement to file your Form 8-K within four business days after occurrence of the event.
</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>RESPONSE: </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The termination of a material
employment agreement with an executive officer is reportable for Form 8-K purposes as of the effective date of the termination of the material agreement. Although the probable criterion in paragraph 6.c of SFAS 112 were met on February&nbsp;3, 2006,
the effective date of the termination of the material employment agreement was February&nbsp;14, 2006. Therefore, February&nbsp;14, 2006 is the date of the earliest reportable event. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The date of the earliest event reported indicated on the cover page of the Form 8-K filed on February&nbsp;22, 2006, is an erroneous date. The date of January&nbsp;28, 2006 does not correspond to any disclosed event
in the body of the current report on </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Form 8-K. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Optical Cable
understands that the Form 8-K should have been filed within 4 business days after the occurrence of the event. Four business days following February&nbsp;14, 2006 (the date of the first material event) was Tuesday, February&nbsp;21, 2006 since
Monday, February&nbsp;20, 2006 was a federal holiday (George Washington&#146;s birthday). Optical Cable did submit the Form 8-K on Tuesday, February&nbsp;21, 2006 but the filing was not processed until after the 5:30 p.m. deadline. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">We appreciate your assistance in review of Optical Cable&#146;s periodic filings. Please contact me at (804) 343-5023 if you have any questions or require any additional
information. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:8px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Very truly yours, </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="font-size:8px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:8px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WOODS ROGERS PLC </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="font-size:8px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:8px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Brian Michael Brown </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Brian Michael Brown </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:8px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P
STYLE="font-size:8px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:8px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:8px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Neil D. Wilkin, Jr., President, CEO and Chairman of the Board </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Tracy Smith, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Nick Conte, Woods Rogers PLC </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">T. Douglas McQuade, KPMG LLP </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:8px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:8px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">*** </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">EXHIBIT A </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">[Optical Cable Corporation Letterhead] </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">May&nbsp;12, 2006 </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Ms.&nbsp;Nili Shah, Accounting Branch Chief </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Ms.&nbsp;Tracey McKoy, Staff
Accountant </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">United States Securities and Exchange Commission </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Division of Corporation Finance </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1 Station Place, N.E., Stop 7010 </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Washington, D.C. 20549 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Optical Cable Corporation</B> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Form 10-K for the
Fiscal Year Ended October&nbsp;31, 2005</B> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Form 10-Q for the Fiscal Quarter Ended January&nbsp;31, 2006</B> </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>File No. 0-27022</B> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Dear Ms.&nbsp;Shah and Ms.&nbsp;McKoy: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to your request in your letter to Optical Cable Corporation dated May&nbsp;1, 2006, Optical Cable
Corporation is providing the following acknowledgement: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Optical Cable is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in its filings; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and
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