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Network Disclosure Announcement #640

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

Copper Retirements in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Washington and Wyoming

First Implementation Date:

February 15, 2008

Original Date Posted:

January 3, 2008

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 Tolleson TLSNAZMA 03-15-2008 210772 72122MQ 6515 W Van Qwest is replacing existing copper cables with new copper cables out of SAI X 6515 W Van Buren and X 6548 W Van Buren due to City of Phoenix road widening project. All F1 and F2 cables will remain copper. Extra length on copper cables is due to placing new closures at new ROW lines. Replacing 311' of BHAH-400 with 565' of ANMW-600 - before dB loss of .37 and after dB loss of 1.02 - change of +.65 dB. Replacing 760' of BKMA-100 with 775' of ANMW-200 - before dB loss of 1.36 and after dB loss of 1.38 - change of +.02 dB
CO Golden GLDNCOMA 02-15-2008 454212 72224K3 6204 Torrey REPLACING 740' OF 19 GAUGE AERAIL BHBS-25 WITH 740' OF ANMW-100 WITH AN ADDED 0.770DB LOSS. COUNT IS 6204T,601-675.
NM Grants Main GRNTNMMA 03-21-2008 111001 7251G5E 1029 Sage This job is placing 90 feet of aerial ANMW-200. This aerial work will lash to 90 feet of new 6.6M strand. This work will also place 542 feet of buried ANMW-200 in 468 feet of dirt trenching. This work will also remove 447 feet of aerial ANMW-200. This work will be at the intersection of Kingaman Ave and Mesa Blvd in Grants. Before: After: 447' ANMW-200 @ 28KHz = 0.820 dB 632' ANMW-200 @ 28KHz = 1.140 dB Change of +0.320 dB.
NM Santa Fe Main SNFENMMA 03-22-2008 410453 7251EQ3 1229 Flagman Way This job will retire 440' of BKMH-100 -0.720 dB at 28khz and place 550' of ANMW-900 -0.900 dB loss at 28khz. A minimal loss of 0.180 will not greatly effect the loop.
NM Santa Fe North SNFENMNO 04-11-2008 410301 8251GJQ 1580 Hwy 502 RETIREMENT OF 396' 24 GAGE 600 PAIR DISTRIBUTION CABLE AND 30' 24 GAGE 400 PAIR FEEDER CABLE. REMOVE SAI 1580 STATE RD 502 AND RT CABINET. EXISTING WORKING LINES WILL BE CUT TO DA #310101 SAI 1318 STATE RD 502. LONGEST LOOP LENGTH AFTER CUT OVER WILL BE 3.6KF
WA Orchards ORCHWA01 04-15-2008 213531 213431 72W1TGG 4515 NE 151st Av and 14619 NE 49th THIS JOB REMOVES THE LAST 75 COPPER PAIRS FROM THESE TWO DA. ALL EXISTING UNBUNDLED SERVICES WILL BE SUPPORTED BY THE DERIVED LPG PAIRS. NO PAIRS WILL EXIST IN THESE DA FOR SERVICES REQUIRING COPPER TERMINATING IN THE ORCHARDS CO.
WA Shelton SHTNWA01 02-29-2008 121803 72W1SKB 35-779 THIS JOB WILL ABANDON 1835' OF ANAW-200 AND PLACE 1882' FEET OF ANMW -200 FOR WSDOT PURDY CREEK BRIDGE PROJECT US101 XL2305. THIS JOB WILL REPLACE EXISTING CABLES BEFORE 1835' OF 22GA @ 28KHz = 1.940dB AFTER 1882' OF 24GA @ 28KHz = 2.940Db COUNT = 35-779, 526-550 & PG13, 2301-2396 A CHANGE OF +1.0dB.
WY Lander LNDRWYMA 07-01-2008 211101 72716LT IIlvr This job will replace 14000 ft of mixed gauge F2 cable with 14000 ft of 24 gauge cable Longest loop calculations terminal 29.8 rl93B2 Calculations for job - After job 16.464 KF 861.067 Ohms w/ 28.430 loss(db) - Before job 16.464 KF 525.908 Ohms w/19.400 loss(db) Overall increase of 335.159 Ohms w/ 9.03 loss(db)
WY Story STRYWYMA 04-11-2008 3106 82717AC 10 Fischer Dr AN EXISTING 1396' OF BHAA-150 WITH DB LOSS OF 1.470 WILL BE REPLACED WITH 1396' OF ANMW-200 WITH A DB LOSS OF 2.200.
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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