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Network Disclosure Announcement #643

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

Copper Retirements in Arizona, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota and Washington

First Implementation Date:

April 2, 2008

Original Date Posted:

February 11, 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 Eloy ELOYAZ01 04-15-2008 111011 7211WGX 3020 Shedd Rd AFTER REPLACING 12.507 KF OF 24 GAUGE CABLE TOTAL Db 8.340 @ 1004Hz IS WITH NEW CABLE BEFORE ABANDONING 3.365 KF OF 24 GAUGE CABLE, 8.337 KF OF 22 GAUGE CABLE TOTAL Db @ 1004 Hz WAS 8.920 WITH OLD CABLE .
AZ Maricopa MRCPAZMA 04-15-2008 211021 82125RR 39938 W Honeycutt Rd THE CITY OF MARICOPA IS BUILDING A NEW BRIDGE OVER THE SANTA CRUZ WASH. AT THIS TIME QWEST HAS .853 KF OF CABLE THAT IS IN THE OLD ROAD. QWEST WILL MOVE THE CABLE INTO THE NEW R/W. QWEST WILL PLACE .953KF OF NEW 200PR CABLE. THEN SECTION THROW THE COUNT TO THE NEW CABLE, AND ABANDON THE EXISTING CABLE. THE EXISTING CABLE HAS A DBLOSS OF 27.30 AT 196 KHZ. AFTER THE CUT AROUND THE NEW DBLOSS WILL BE 27.61 AT 196KHZ.
AZ Yuma YUMAAZSE 09-15-2008 210321 72122OD N/A Qwest has to lower sections of cable due to a road project. All the cable to be replaced is F1 .The old cable to be abandoned in place. The F1 loop on the existing 1200pr(22g)is 11.92 Kf. Total loop Db loss @ 28KHz is 15.58 The F1 loop on the new 1200pr (22g)is 12.23 Kf. Total loop Db loss @ 28KHz is 16.00 The F1 loop on the existing 1500pr (24g)is 11.78 Kf. Total loop Db loss @ 28KHz is 21.86 The F1 loop on the new 1800pr (24g)is 11.92 Kf. Total loop Db loss @ 28KHz is 22.13
MN Elk River EKRVMNER 09-30-2008 480502 82M1MI3 SAI 3.640 Kft of 22 gauge cable will be replaced with 3.640 Kft of 24 gauge cable because of a road job in this area.
MN Proctor DLTHMNDP 04-02-2008 361402 82M1NBA St Louis & Solway Rd FOR COUNTS CA=SLR-SOL, PRS=251-300. THIS JOB WILL REPLACE EXISTING CABLE(310FT OF 19GA WITH A dB LOSS OF .75)WITH NEW CABLE (350' OF 22GA WITH A dB LOSS OF .78). THIS CREATES A CHANGE OF +0.03Db. FOR COUNTS CA=SLR-SOL, PRS=201-250. THIS JOB WILL REPLACE EXISTING CABLE(925FT OF 19GA WITH A dB LOSS OF .72)WITH NEW CABLE (1005' OF 22GA WITH A dB LOSS OF .79). THIS CREATES A CHANGE OF +0.07Db..
ND Mandan MNDNNDBA 06-02-2008 220302 220303 220304 82F14E5 101 Shady LN, 2000 Twin City Dr, 2095 Twin City Dr Replacing 615' of ALMW - 900 pair cable with 933' of ANMW - 900 pair cable for a road rebuild project.
NM Albuquerque Academy ALBQNMAC 05-01-2008 222202 7251E71 12002 Oakland Av NE This job will retire 28 spans of aerial cables on Sandia Pueblo lands which includes: 2716' of BHAA-25 (1986), 900'BHAH-25 (1987), 2025' of BHAA-25 (1984), 1487' of BHAA-25 (1980).Before: 6228' of BHAA-25 + 900' of BHAH-25 @28kHz = 8.41;After: 1520' of ANMW-200 + 5725' of ANMW-100 @28kHz = 12.21;Change of +3.8dB loss.
OR Bend BENDOR24 05-16-2008 134411 82R1N52 C3-79.52 O B Riley Rd This job will cut away from existing aerial 24 gauge cables to a new buried 24 gauge cable. This work increases the route length by 200', the Db loss increases 0.31 @ 28 KHz and the resistance increases by 10.46 ohms.
SD Vermillion VRMLSDCO 07-08-2008 210301 82T14C7 1407 E Cherry St This job will replace three sections of cable in conflict with a road project in the Vermillion wire center. The first section affected by the relocation is the feed cable to the SAI X 1407 E CHERRY ST. There will be 3117 feet of 24Ga 900 replaced by 3163 feet of 24Ga 900 which will result in an increased loss of +.01 dB @ 1004Hz. The second section of cable affected will replace 3160 feet of 24Ga 200 pair and 400 pair with 2786 feet of 24Ga 200 and 100 pair cables. This will result in a decreased loss of - .110dB @ 1004Hz. The third section of cable affected will replace 1851 feet of 24Ga 200 and 10 feet of 26Ga 200 with 1873 feet of 24Ga 200. This will result in a increased loss of +.01 dB @ 1004Hz.
WA Cherry STTLWACH 05-15-2008 360102 72W1SNE 113 SW Normandy Rd Replace 1200' 26 ga lead cable with 200 pr 24 ga cable from SW Normandy Rd along 4th Av SW to SW 185th Pl in City of Normandy Park. LMU before job 16.6 kft with 941 ohms and after 16.7 kft and 1023 ohms.
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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