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Network Disclosure Announcement #677

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

Copper Retirements in Arizona, Idaho, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming

First Implementation Date:

March 31, 2009

Original Date Posted:

February 3, 2009

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 Payson PYSNAZMA 05-12-2009 112821 H91A010 1 East Verde Park ABANDON EXISTING BHBH-200,PLACE TEMP ANMW-50 FOR ADOT PROJECT BEFORE 873',BHBH-200@28KHZ=1.873, AFTER 873',ANMW-50@28KHZ=1.905,+0.32 DBLOSS
ID Idaho Falls IDFLIDMA 08-14-2009 131031 9231DKZ 2241 E 1st This job replaces 1,199 feet of AHAA-51 (odd-pic) aerial cable with 1,199 feet of BKMP-50 self-support aerial cable. This section is copper fed. The work begins .050kft from the cross connect X 2241 E 1. The cross connect is located 14.40kft from the central office. The dB loss calculations for the individual copper cable sections are: Before After AHAA-50 @ 28Khz =1.27dB BKMP-50 @ 28KHz = 1.90dB Change of + .63dB loss.
NE Omaha-Douglas OMAHNENW 05-15-2009 417003 82B16J7 910 N 25 Av JOB REROUTES F1 CABLE. ALL SERVICES WILL BE MAINTAINED. OLD LOSS (dB) at 1004 Hz is 2.520 and new LOSS (dB) at 1004 Hz is 3.310. Total F1 loop length is changing from 6.484 k ft to 9.017 k f
NM Las Cruces Main LSCRNMMA 03-31-2009 326301 8251Q1Q 909 W Amador Av Remove 179 feet of aerial BKTA-50 and tansfer working service onto existing buried ALTW-600. Existing F2 loop is 287 ohms resistance and 7.6 db loss at 28 KHz. Proposed F2 loop is 300 ohms resistance and 7.9 db loss at 28 KHz. The result is +0.3 db loss.
OR Albany ALBYOR63 05-08-2009 215011 81R1VD4 3434 Santiam Hwy Retiring all copper F1 and cutting all customers over to fiber fed DLC at X 3434 SANTIAM HWY. All POTS and designed services will continue to be supported. However, C.O. copper reliant DSL services will no longer be supported.
OR Oregon City ORCYOR18 04-03-2009 311462 92R1WKX 470 Miller St Relocate 355 feet of aerial cable along Highway 99E in Oregon City - ODOT highway project. The cable relocation will add 46 feet to the overall loop length. The dB loss for the replacement section will increase from 0.51dB to 0.59dB, resulting in a increase of 0.08dB .
UT Springville SPVLUTMA 06-01-2009 212411 8261VCL 1250 South 1750 West Cutting this area into a new fiber fed x-box the old one is copper fed. The f2 will improve as much as 12k or 15bd. Abandoning 830' of afmw-300. All services will be supported via the new system on fiber.
WA Shelton SHTNWA01 04-30-2009 132402 82W26Y5 B124N277 THIS JOB WILL REMOVE 50 CO COPPER F1 PAIRS FROM THIS DA AND MOVE ALL THE EXISITNG SERVICES TO LPG COUNT ALREADY SERVING THIS DA. SERVICES REQUIRING CO COPPER PAIRS WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE. ALL EXISITNG SERVICES WILL CONTINUE TO BE SUPPORTED. NO NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO EXISITNG UNBUNDLED SERVICES.
WY Sheridan SHRDWYMA 05-12-2009 310401 320901 9271BBG 603 Sumner, 472 Falcon Ridge Replace 843' of 22ga with 26ga from the central office to MH 781, a difference of +1.16 dB loss at 28KHz. Cable in conflict with city strom/sewer project.
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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