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Network Disclosure Announcement #639

Short Term Public Notice Under Rule 51.333(a). Qwest's Internet address: http://www.qwest.com/disclosures.

Copper Retirements in Arizona, Colorado, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, Utah and Washington

First Implementation Date:

January 31, 2008

Original Date Posted:

December 19, 2007

Summary:

Copper Retirements are necessary to respond to various factors in the Outside Plant, including road construction, maintenance problems, and growth accommodation. Replacement cables may be either copper or fiber. Specific information will be provided with each disclosure.

Locations, Timing of Deployments & Interface Requirements:

The following gives additional details on the copper retirement(s):

STATE WIRE CENTER PLANNED COMPLETION OR RETIREMENT DATE DA (s) Job # FDI Address(es) Replacing
AZ Sedona South SEDNAZSO 01-31-2008 N/A 72124XH 6051 HWY 179 REMOVE BHAH-300,415',DBLOSS 1004HZ=0.360 PLACE ANMW-300,415',DBLOSS 1004HZ=0.410 EMERGENCY REPAIR JOB IN THE MIDDLE OF HWY PROJECT
CO Boulder BLDRCOMA 04-07-2008 423981 72222VQ 46.9RL69A REPLACE BURIED CABLE SECTION FROM X 46.9RL69A TO PED 48.8 ALONG MAGNOLIA RD OLD: NEW: 8' AFAW-50 2136' ANAW-50 @ 28KHz=2.270 26' BHAH-50 2061' BHAG-50 2095' @ 28KHz=2.180 CHANGE OF +0.09DB loss.
MN Red Wing RDWNMNRW 03-17-2008 410204 72M1LHB Feeder We are replacing direct buried pulp cable placed in 1949 with pic filled cable pulled thru spare conduit ducts from MH471A to MH402 in rte 4 of the Red Wing wire center. The work begins at 4.449kf from the central office. The db loss calculations for the individual copper cable sections is as follows: Before: 118'of BKTH-9,126'of XXTL-9ta, 251'of XXML-9-GP, 574'of XXML-9-GP, 417'of XXML-9-GP, 423' of XXML-12-GP, 160' of XXML-12-GP, 30' of XXML-12-GP, 760' of XXML-12-GP@28KHz=4.950 After: 2115' of ANMW-900 & 1255' of ANMW-1200@28KHz=5.320 a change of +.37db.
MN St Cloud STCDMNTO 02-29-2008 210904 72M1MA6 301 SE 14 AV RPL DEFECTIVE AERIAL CABLE. 560' 24g w/619' 24g at dB loss of +.09. Replace 579' 24g w/ 619' 24g at dB loss of +.07
ND Bismarck BSMRNDBC 11-11-2008 160202 72FL4CA Bombsite Before: LOSS (dB) 1.034 Kft of 22 gauge = 1004 KHz .38 db of loss After: LOSS (dB) 1.034 Kft of 24 gauge = 1004 KHz .49 db of loss Change of + .11 Db @ 1004 Khz.
ND Bismarck BSMRNDBC 11-11-2008 373302 72FL4CG 9230 Sunrise Av Before: LOSS (dB) 67.9 Kft of 22 gauge = 1004 KHz 13.76 db of loss After: LOSS (dB) 26.1 Kft of 22 gauge = 1004 KHz 7.9 db of loss This job will convert all CO copper fl to fiber fed digital line carrier fl at a remote terminal 37.9 kf from the central office, from the remote terminal to the existing x-box is 26.1 kf of 22 ga copper. Presently it appears that no clec shared or dsl circuits will be affected.
ND Bismarck BSMRNDBC 11-11-2008 373302 72FL4CG-2 X g-15-100 Before: LOSS (dB) 67.9 Kft of 22 gauge = 1004 KHz 13.76 db of loss After: LOSS (dB) 26.1 Kft of 22 gauge = 1004 KHz 7.9 db of loss This job will convert all CO copper f1 to fiber fed digital line carrier f1 at an remote terminal 37.9 kf from the central office, from the remote terminal to the existing x-box is 26.1 kf of 22 ga copper. Presently it appears that no clec shared or dsl circuits will be affected
NM Questa QUSTNMMA 06-01-2008 210221 7251EST 41 HWY 38 THIS JOB WILL REPLACE EXISTING COPPER CABLE (410 OF 19 GUAGE WITH A DB LOSS OF 0.240). IT WILL BE REPLACED WITH 430' OF 24 GUAGE (0.710DB). THE MINIMAL LOSS WILL NOT AFFECT THE LOOP.
NM Taos North TAOSNMNO 03-01-2008 116201 7251G1Q 28.0 Hondo Seco Rehab job to replace a 760 ft section of BHBH-50 cable with an ANAW-50 cable, same length. Loss increased from 1.150 dB @ 28kHz to 1.518 dB @ 28kHz and resistance increased from 33.224 Ohms to 47.406 Ohms.
UT Cedar City CDCYUTMA 04-15-2008 110302 7261LPA 130 West Center St The dB loss calculations for the individual copper cable sections are: Before: 838' of CDAC-900, BHAH-900@ 28KHz=0.890 After: 874' of CDAC-900, BHAH-900, DCAZ-900@ 28KHz=0.930 Change of +.04dB loss. Short interval disclosure is required. Before: 874' of DCTZ-1200@ 28KHz=2.120 After: 910' of DCTZ-1200@ 28KHz=2.200 Change of +.08dB loss. Short interval disclosure is required. Before: 874' of KGAW-54@ 28KHz=0.930 After: 910' of KGAW-54, KGAW-106@ 28KHz=0.960 Change of +.03dB loss. Short interval disclosure is required. Before: 2043' of DCTZ-3000@ 28KHz=4.640 After: 2079' of DCTZ-3000@ 28KHz=4.710 Change of +.05dB loss. Short interval disclosure is required.
WA Longview LGVWWA02 03-31-2008 322704 72W1T52 1386 Delameter Rd 1386 DELAMETER RD IS 21.7 KF FROM THE CASTLE ROCK C.O. 191 of AJAW-100 is being replace by 361 of ANMW-100 pair cable resulting in an additional 0.28dB added to the loss. This impacts the SAI X 1386 Delameter Rd (DA322704). 383 OF alaw-200 is being replaced by 468 of ANMW-200 pair cable resulting in an additional 0.65dB added to the loss. This impacts 1386D,51-200 working out of X 1386 Delameter Rd (DA322704)
Additional Information:

Any customer premises equipment vendor/manufacturer or enhanced services provider desiring additional technical information in conjunction with this Disclosure can contact:

Georganne Weidenbach
Regulatory Compliance Manager
Georganne.Weidenbach@qwest.com

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