First Implementation Date:	March 31, 2009
Original Date Posted:	February 11, 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 MN Rochester ROCHMNRO 09-01-2009 120602 92M1XX7 901-11 Replacement of existing buried cable on road job. Before After 912' of 26 @ 28KHz = 2.2 1940' of 24ga @ 28KHz = 3.02 MT Butte-Main BUTTMT09 06-26-2009 210260 9241AE6 CO FEED REPLACE DEFECTIVE EXIST'G UG 22GA LEAD FACILITES ON W PARK BTWN N MAIN AND N DAKOTA IN UPTOWN BUTTE, MT WITH AERIAL 24 GA FILLED CABLE. AT 49 W PARK: OLD LOOP = 0.280DB & 17.352 OHMS - NEW LOOP = 0.320DB & 24.068 OHMS. AT 9 N MAIN: OLD LOOP = 0.320DB & 24.642 OHMS - NEW LOOP = 0.470DB & 51.285 OHMS. NO HICAP OR SPECIAL CKTS AFFECTED - POTS ONLY. NE Omaha 156 St OMAHNEHA 07-21-2009 116502 91B16MS 5000 S 187 Ave Replace 550' of ANAW-200 with 550' of ANMW-200 due to road construction. Old DB loss @ 1004 HZ= .280. New DB loss @ 1004 HZ=.340. A negative impact of .06 DB. Replace 236' of ALMW-100 with 236' of ANMW-100 due to road construction. Old DB loss @ 1004 HZ=.250. New DB loss @ 1004 HZ=.250. No change. NE Omaha 84th St OMAHNE84 09-02-2009 415104 92B16LV 108 and Q St The following working circuits are derived 18.140 Kf from C.O. The dB loss calculations for the this section is: F2 pairs UC, 201-300 The existing sections 868' of 24 GA, 41' of 26 GA and 944' of 22 GA are being replaced by 1,732' of 24 GA, 41' of 26 GA and 104' of 22 GA OLD F2 route of 1.853 KF @ 28KHz=2.460dB & 1004Hz=0.650dB NEW F2 route of 1.877 KF @ 28KHz=2.910dB & 1004Hz=0.740dB Change of +0.45dB loss @ 28KHz & +0.090dB loss @ 1004KHzThe working circuits are derived 18.140 Kf from the C.O. NE Tekamah TKMHNENW 03-31-2009 215102 82B16K5 F1 Feed to the rural for distribution BEFORE:1160' OF ALAW-100 & 142' OF AFAW-100@28KHZ=38.80 AFTER: 985' OF ALAW-100 & 675' OF ANAW-100@28KHZ=39.25. CHANGE OF +0.45DB LOSS. THE BRIDGE AT CO RD 44 & CO RD GH WILL BE REBUILT AND THE EXISTING CABLE IS ATTACHED TO THE BRIDGE. IT IS PLANNED TO BORE A NEW CABLE UNDER THE DIVERSION DITCH AND BE OUT OF CONSTRUCTION CONFLICTS. THIS WILL ENSURE THAT THE CABLE WILL NOT BE DAMAGED. BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED FOR 4/1/09. NM Pena Blanca PNBLNMMA 05-08-2009 116701 8251NNV N/A REPLACE 2020FT OF BHAU-100 WITH 2200FT OF ANAW-100 NM Rio Rancho ALBQNMRR 11-30-2009 116611 7251G4X 1653 Abrazo Rd NE This job will be cutting over customers from Direct CO feed to new RT based count from the X-Box, 9 POTS and 3 DSL workers. All copper has been removed from X-Box and has been replaced with count from a Remote Terminal. No CLECS circuits exist today. UT Logan LOGNUTMA 04-07-2009 214203 H96A009 SAI Qwest will remove 158' of BKTA-50 and 153' of BKTA-50. Qwest will replace these cables with 396' and 342' of ANMW-50. This results in a change of +0.230 dB loss and +0.170 dB loss @ 28 KHz for the two legs of cable. Terminals affected are 825 n 600 east, 519 e 800 north, 838 n 500 east and 581 e 800 north. A "short interval" is requested. WA Sumner SMNRWA01 04-30-2009 4210101 92W27ZW N/A QWEST WILL REMOVE 2 SECTIONS OF AERIAL CABLE AND PLACE NEW AERIAL CABLE DUE TO SIDEWALK PROJECT. REMOVE OLD 24 GAUGE CABLE AND PLACED NEW 24 GAUGE CABLE. BEFORE = 3.205KF AFTER = 3.220KF . BEFORE dB LOSS=6.80 AFTER dB LOSS = 6.86
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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