Network Disclosure Announcement #642
Copper Retirements in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Washington and Wyoming
| First Implementation Date: |
April 1, 2008
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| Original Date Posted: |
January 28, 2008
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| 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.
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| Locations, Timing of Deployments & Interface Requirements: |
The following gives additional details on the copper retirement(s):
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| STATE |
WIRE CENTER |
PLANNED COMPLETION OR RETIREMENT DATE |
DA (s) |
Job # |
FDI Address(es) |
Replacing |
| AZ |
Deer Valley DRVYAZNO |
05-15-2008 |
311710 |
82125V5 |
36402 N Black Canyon Hwy |
The work begins at 43.82Kft from Deer Valley North central office. The dB loss calculations for the individual copper cable sections are: Before: After: 1450' AFAW-25 @ 28KHz=1.40 780'ANMW-50 @ 28KHz=1.26 1155'ANMW-50 @ 28KHz=1.83 total 28KHz=3.09 Change of +1.60dB. |
| AZ |
Prescott PRSCAZMA |
04-07-2008 |
391211 |
7211ZU4 |
3697 Skull Valley |
THIS JOB REPLACES .18KF OF 19 GAUGE WITH .18KF OF 24 GAUGE CABLE, WITH AN INCREASED DB LOSS OF +.22DB. |
| AZ |
Tempe Main TEMPAZMA |
12-01-2008 |
210813 |
H81A321 |
2445 W. Main St |
Qwest is required to abandon a 296 foot section ((0.296Kft) of AFMW-300 buried cable; a 125 foot section (0.125Kft) of AFMW-50 buried cable; a 40 foot section (0.04Kft) of ANMW-50 buried cable; and remove a 550 foot section (0.55Kft) of ANMW-50 aerial cable and associated serving terminals F2239 E. Apache Blvd; R2239 E. Apache Blvd; and R1435 S. Price Rd. All circuits currently working in the cable and terminals will be disconnected by the customer prior to the removal/abandonment. The facilities are being removed to accommodate the construction of a new Park and Ride facility for the new Metro Light Rail System and will not be replaced. |
| AZ |
Thunderbird SCDLAZTH |
06-15-2008 |
224131 |
82125CE |
5901 E. Lincoln Dr |
An existing 2398' of buried ANAW 400 pair cable is in conflict with a Town of Paradise Valley/ADOT road project. This cable is buried at 8" below grade and was placed in 1978. The 160 working cable pairs (POTS) will be transferred to a parallel ANMW 400 pair cable to resolve the conflict. An increase of 0.780db loss will not affect any working ccts. 2398' of ANAW 400 pair will be abandoned in place. |
| CO |
Snowmass SNMSCOMA |
04-01-2008 |
111391 |
H72A442 |
34500 Hwy 82 |
This job will pull 215', place 170' (open trench) and strap 30' (up pole) of ANMW-25 from pole 0.2 to pole 1 and remove 400' of BHAS-16 (aerial cable) along with a 25'-7 pole. The dB loss at 1004 Hz is 0.550 and the resistance Ohms is 63.084. dB loss for the individual copper cable sections are as follows: BEFORE 400' of BHAS-16 @ 28 KHz = 0.500 dB loss AFTER 415' of ANMW-25 @ 28 KHz = 0.721 dB loss. The change of +0.221 dB loss. |
| NM |
Las Cruces Main LSCRNMMA |
04-11-2008 |
112302 |
8251GON |
2400 W Picacho Av |
retire 274' of 26 ga .656 db loss@28khz retire 392' of 26 ga .938 db loss@28khz retire 92' of 26 ga .220 db loss @28khz retire 200' of 26 ga .479 db loss @28 khz |
| UT |
Orem OREMUTMA |
05-01-2008 |
110313 |
H86A313 |
C.O. |
Qwest is planning to retire 0.195kf of 24 ga. and 1.854kf of 26 ga. The retirement will move existing customers from C.O. feed to X-Box feed. This cut will change the dB loss from 24.350dB loss @ 28KHz to 1.140dB loss @ 28KHz. |
| WA |
Longview LGVWWA02 |
08-31-2008 |
1 |
72W1NDR |
SAI |
Replace 9209' of aerial 22ga cable with 10,694' aerial 24ga cable, this will add 6.53dB to the loop. |
| WY |
Jackson JCSNWYMA |
05-13-2008 |
410501 |
C77A021 |
69 Virginian Ln |
Remove 1176' BKTS-50, abandon 866' ALAW-11pr. No cable replacement. |
| WY |
Laramie LARMWYNM |
04-15-2008 |
210701 |
82717AO |
2701 E. Grand Ave |
REPLACE 1492 FEET OF BHAH-600 BURIED CABLE WITH 1426 FEET OF ANMW-600 TO BE PULLED IN THE UNDERGROUND LARAMIE ROUTE 2. WORK BEGINS 6.3KF FROM CO BEFORE 1492 FEET BHAH-600 @ 28KHZ = 1.800 AFTER 1466 FEET ANAW-600 @ 28KHZ = 2.240 CHANGE OF +.44 DB LOSS 1/2 DB WILL NOT BE SERVICE AFFECTING. |
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| 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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