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Network Disclosure Announcement #644

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

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

First Implementation Date:

May 15, 2008

Original Date Posted:

February 27, 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 Maricopa MRCPAZMA 05-15-2008 280111 82126HR 19325 N Rancho Mirage Blvd THE JOB WILL FIRST TURN UPA NEW TA3000 AT THE RT SITE 19325 N RANCHO MIRAGE. AFTER THE TURN UP, THE JOB WILL TAKE THE 10 T1 CKTS GOING TO THE U OF A SITE , AND THE EXISTING COPPER FEED RT SITE AT 21100 ALUMNI RD AND CUT THEM OVER TO HDSL4 CKTS. THE CKTS ARE NOW WORKING ON A TOTAL OF 41.22KF OF COPPER FROM THE MARICOPA CO. THE NEW CKTS WILL BE WORKING ON 13.3 KF OF COPPER FROM THE RT SITE AT 19325 N RANCHO MIRAGE BVLD. THE OLD DB LOSS AT 196KHZ WAS 100.67. THE NEW DB LOSS FOR HDSL4 WILL BE 23.50. THE JOB WILL BE REMOVING 28.19 KF OF COPPER CABLE AND REPLACING WITH FIBER THAT IS FEEDING THE RT SITE AT RANCHO MIRAGE BLVD.
AZ Tucson Southeast TCSNAZSE 06-01-2008 110431 72121PU 6601 So Wilmot Rd Qwest will be replacing a 2.911KF section consisting of parallel 19-guage and 22-guage cables with a new 24-guage cable on Littletown Rd between Wilmot Rd and Kolb Rd.
CO Denver East DNVRCOEA 06-02-2008 512231 82225TY 1098 S Parker Rd This job is relocating the SAI at 1098 S Parker Rd for a road widening project at Parker Rd and Mississippi Ave. F1 and F2 copper cables will be retired for this relocation and DB loss calculations are as follows: Before F1 section = 540' of BHAG-600 at 28 khz = .580 db F2 section = 135' of BKMG-900 at 28 khz = .230 db After F1 section = 478' of ANMW-1200 at 28 khz = .790 db F2 section = 301' of ANMW-900 at 28 khz = .500 db F1 section replacement reflects a negative impact of +.210 db. F2 section replacement reflects a negative impact of +.270 db.
CO Denver East DNVRCOEA 06-02-2008 512231 82225TY 1098 S Parker Rd This job is relocating the SAI at 1098 S Parker Rd for a road widening project at Parker Rd and Mississippi Ave. F1 and F2 copper cables will be retired for this relocation and DB loss calculations are as follows: Before F1 section = 540' of BHAG-600 at 28 khz = .580 db F2 section = 135' of BKMG-900 at 28 khz = .230 db After F1 section = 478' of ANMW-1200 at 28 khz = .790 db F2 section = 301' of ANMW-900 at 28 khz = .500 db F1 section replacement reflects a negative impact of +.210 db. F2 section replacement reflects a negative impact of +.300 db.
MN Grand Rapids GDRPMNGR 05-30-2008 341002 82M1NHT CO RD 239 THIS JOB WILL RELOCATE CABLE. COUNT = 117-2, 201-250 BEFORE (2,500' OF 22 GA WITH A dB LOSS OF 2.670 Db @ 28 KHZ) AFTER (2,844' 0F 22 GA WITH A dB LOSS OF 3.110 Db @ 28 KHZ). CONSTRUCTION WORK IS REQUIRING CABLE RELOCATION.
ND Bismarck BSMRNDBC 08-15-2008 360102 H8FA021 3315 University Dr The working F2 cables to be replaced are 2312'of 19GA cable and 2451' of 22GA cable. Existing Copper Loss is before 2451'of 22GA@1004hz=0.46db,after 2355'of 24GA cable@1004hz=0.89db +0.43db loss.. Before 2312'of 19GA@1004hz=0.45db,after 2355'of 24GA@1004hz=0.89db +0.44 loss.
NE Schuyler SCHLNENW 05-16-2008 115151 82B152L F1 FEED BEFORE:2146' OF ALBW-50 & 176' OF AFBW-50@28KHz=61.110 AFTER: 3550' OF ANBW-50@28KHz=62.530. CHANGE OF +1.42 DB LOSS - THIS WORK REQUIRED TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE CABLE.
NM Angel Fire ANFRNMMA 07-01-2008 311311 8251GMS 260 Hwy 120 THIS JOB WILL REPLACE EXISTING COPPER CABLES (12,886 OF 22 GUAGE WITH A DB LOSS OF 15.470), WITH 12,696' OF 24 GUAGE CABLE WITH A DB LOSS 0f 21.790.
WA Yakima West YAKMWAWE 06-15-2008 322101 H7WA219 8709 Zier Rd THIS JOB WILL PERFORM A SECTION THROW THAT WILL ABANDON .588 KFT OF ANMW-100 + .265 KFT OF ANMW-50 BY PLACING .900 KFT OF ANMW-100 PR CABLE FOR A TOTAL LOSS OF +0.04DB. THIS RELOCATION IS NECESSARY TO AVOID CONFLICT WITH A PROPOSED ROAD WIDENING PROJECT BY THE WEST VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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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