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Network Disclosure Announcement #652

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

Copper Retirements in Arizona, Colorado, Minnesota, Oregon and Wyoming

First Implementation Date:

August 1, 2008

Original Date Posted:

June 23, 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 Cavecreek CVCKAZMA 08-25-2008 3106011 82126ZV 7190 E Lone Mountain Rd THIS REPLACES 1164 FT OF 50 PR FROM 22 GA TO 24 GAUGE AERIAL CABLE APPROX 765 FT FROM XBOX. LOCATION BETWEEN N 70TH ST AND SCOTTSDALE RD , NORTH OF LONE MOUNTAIN RD.
CO Pueblo Sunset PUBLCOSU 09-24-2008 111431 82225CT 1 Oxford & 1026 Oxford Ave. This job removes3 Xboxes: 3 Duke, 1 Oxford, and 35 Baylor: distribution will be feed out of existing Xbox 1026 Oxford Av . Change in dB loss as follows: Old-X 35 Baylor 4.649KF @28KHz = 9.670db loss/New F2 distribution: 5.252KF @ 28KHz = 10.120db loss. Old-X 1 Oxford; 4.986KF @28KHz = 10.280db loss/NEW F2 distribution: 5.252KF @ 28KHz = 10.770 db loss, Old X 3 Duke - 5.409KF @28KHz = 11.060 db loss/New F2 distribution 5.747KF @28KHz=11.69db loss Cable originally placed in 1976 22 gauge with new 24 gauge; old cable count : 1OX,1-100 - db loss - 1.440; new cable count: 1026OX,901-1000 - db loss 2.170.
MN Chatfield CTFDMNCH 09-08-2008 210502 210602 82M1TXC A16-A & C16-A THIS JOB WILL REFEED 2 SAI'S THAT ARE PRESENTLY PARTIALLY FED FROM C.O. COPPER. THE NEW FEED WILL BE 100% FROM A COPPER FED RT. THE EXISTING COPPER FEED (3,040 FEET OF ANBW-100 PAIR AND 36,070 FEET OF ANAW 100 CABLES) WILL BE CUT OUT OF THESE 2 SAI'S AND REUSED AT OTHER SAI'S BACK TOWARD THE C.O. NO COPPER FEED WILL EXIST TO THE SAI'S AFTER COMPLETION OF THE JOB. NO EXISTING CLEC CUSTOMERS EXIST AT THESE SAI'S TODAY.EXISTING COPPER LOSS IS 46.24 @ 28KHZ. THE NEW LOSS WILL BE 7.11 @ 28KHZ.
MN Cohasset CHSTMNCH 08-01-2008 311502 82M1NLA CO RD 62 & 63 THIS JOB WILL PERMANENTLY REMOVE CABLE COUNT =CR62-63, 1-50 AND 61-75. CUSTOMERS ALONG AND BRANCHING OFF CSAH 17 AND HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED NO QWEST SERVICE AFTER 7/15/2008. ITASCA COUNTY ROAD PROJECT WILL DESTROY THE BURIED CABLE AND QWEST HAS ELECTED TO NOT REPLACE IT. PAUL BUNYAN TELEPHONE WILL SERVE THIS AREA.
MN Little Falls LTFLMNLF 09-30-2008 210402 82M1MQ3 Hwy 27-2E RPL 5130' 22G W/ 4900' 24G @LOSS OF +2.12 Db. RPL 3748' 22G W/ 3610' 24G @ LOSS OF +1.58Db DUE TO MNDOT ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
MN Owatonna OWTNMNOW 09-30-2008 311303 C8MA435 Straight Feed THIS JOB WILL REPLACE THE EXISITNG CABLE, 750 FEET OF 22 GUAGE WITH A DB LOSS OF 0.800 WITH 850 FEET OF 24 GUAGE WITH A Db LOSS OF 1.370
OR Woodburn WDBNOR59 10-18-2008 120411 72R1MN5 N/A Qwest is replacing 980' of 24 gauge F-1 cable with 1115' of 24 gauge due to presence of water in existing cable. This will increase Db loss @28Hz by .2Db.
WY Cheyenne CHYNWYMA 09-26-2008 216901 8271ALZ 6101 Ridge Rd, 4310 Summit Dr This job provides for replacing two buried and one aerial cable in Summit Drive from Ridge Road to College Drive in Cheyenne wire center. The work consists of replacing 1703 feet of BHAH-400 and 1628 feet of BHBA-50 with 1703 feet of ANMW-100 and replacing 1685 feet of GFMW-600 with 1685 of ANMW-600. All cable placement will be done via trench of 60 of cover. Surface restoration will be done per City of Cheyenne and County of Laramie specifications..
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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