First Implementation Date:	May 29, 2009
Original Date Posted:	April 15, 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 Phoenix - NE PHNXAZNE 10-30-2009 120814 9212TUQ N/A This job is part of an OH-UG conversion for District 36, for the town of Paradise Valley per an on-going agreement dated Nov. 9, 1993 with Paradise Valley. Qwest will remove 41 poles and 6650' of aerial cable. Before: 24 Gauge, Total Loop = 7.418 KF, DB loss @ 28 khz = 13.56 db After: 24 Gauge, Total Loop = 7.812 KF, DB loss @ 28 khz = 14.32 db DB loss difference = +.76db AZ Phoenix Main PHNXAZMA 07-31-2009 221922 9212WT5 2602 S 19th Ave Qwest is replacing a defective cable along 19th Ave from Buckeye Rd to Hilton Ave. The new 26 gague cable will replace a wet 24 gague cable. The before dB loss was 6.56. The after dB loss is 9.49. AZ Tucson - East TSCNAZEA 07-01-2009 112211 9212VM2 3941 Fort Lowell THIS JOB WILL REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE 665' OF BKMA-50 WITH 1025' OF ANMW-50 at 3201-4055 N SYCAMORE BLVD.. OLD dB LOSS IS 1.190 THE NEW IS 1.800dB WITH A CHANGE OF 0.61Db. MN Fergus Falls FRFLMNFB 07-31-2009 161002 92M1XY1 X 381/9 Qwest is cutting all customers over to an ISC303 digital loop carrier at X 381/9. All POTS and designed services will continue to be supported. However, C.O. copper based DSL services will no longer be supported. MN Hibbing HBNGMNHI 10-30-2009 215591 92M2174 TH 37 & CR 25 THIS JOB WILL REPLACE CABLE. COUNT = 0703, 201-300 TOTAL BEFORE 1.0 KILOFEET OF 22 GA. LOSS @ 1004 Hz. 0.37 dB. TOTAL AFTER 1.0 KILOFEET OF 24 GA. LOSS @ 1004 Hz. 0.48 dB. MN Little Falls LTFLMNLF 07-01-2009 430602 92M1ZY2 N HWY 10 CONVERTING FROM CO BASED COPPER FEED CABLES TO PAIR GAIN DERIVED FROM COPPER FED SYSTEM. COMPLETE COPPER SERVICE TYPE WITHDRAWAL. ALL EXISTING SVC WILL BE SUPPORTED BY UNIVERSAL PG. FUT SVC NOT SUPPORTED ON UNIV PG WILL NOT BE SUPPORTED. MN Little Falls LTFLMNLF 07-31-2009 430702 92M1Y5S 11533 Highway 27 11533-27, 301-325. ExistingG 126' 24g@28KHz=.210 Rpl w/ 220' 24g@28KHz=.370 Chg of +.16dB loss. Existing 1744' 19g@28KHz=1.050 rpl w/ 1838' 24g@28KHz=2.870 Chg of +1.82dB loss . MT Lewistown LWTWMTMA 07-01-2009 420641 H84A134 80.8 RL4 Qwest is rerouting buried cable, fiber and one analog remote terminal in conflict with a highway project. Qwest will be placing a new fiber fed RT to replace the analog. All existing customers in the DA will be cut to the new RT. The new RT does not support circuits requiring C.O. copper. There are no CLEC circuits working at the existing XC. The analog RT's beyond this location will continue to be served by copper. The following are the db calculations for the cable sections beyond the new RT: Section 1: 2,360' of 22ga will be replaced by 2,694' of 22 ga. Loss is increased by +0.37db. Section 2: 681' of 22ga will be replaced by 648' of 22ga . The loss is decreased by -.03db. Section 3: 943' of 22ga will be replaced by 1,327'' of 22ga. The loss is increased by +0.40db. NM Grants Main GRNTNMMA 07-17-2009 411601 411301 414501 H95A031 2300 W US Hwy 66, 53 UL14, 1400 Broadview Acres This work will relocate existing aerial and buried facilities to accomodate for the new Milan Elementary School located at 401 Sand Street in Milan. ---Retirement Information--- Before: After: 505' BHBH-200 @ 28KHz = 0.320 dB 960' ANAW-900 @ 28KHz = 1.120 dB *Change of +0.80 dB. 505' XXBL-26 @ 28KHz = 0.320 dB 960' ANAW-900 @ 28KHz = 1.120 dB *Change of +0.80 dB. 505' BHAA-200 @ 28KHz = 0.600 dB 960' ANAW-900 @ 28KHz = 1.120 dB *Change of +0.520 dB. 505' BHAA-200 @ 28KHz = 0.600 dB 960' ANAW-900 @ 28KHz = 1.120 dB *Change of +0.520 dB. 505' BKMA-600 @ 28KHz = 0.920 dB 960' ANAW-900 @ 28KHz = 1.120 dB *Change of +0.20 dB. 505' ALAW-600 @ 28KHz = 0.600 dB 960' ANAW-900 @ 28KHz = 1.120 dB *Change of +0.520 dB. NM Laguna Acoma LACCNM01 10-16-2009 310401 210501 210801 8251LJ1 45.3 E to Mesita 38.2 E to Mesita 51.9 E to Mesita This work will replace a wet buried BHBH-300 copper cable with new ANAW-300 buried copper cable. ---Retirement Information--- Abandon in place 1,767 feet of BHBH-300 placed in 1974. Before: After: 1,767' BHBH-300 @ 28KHz = 1.160 dB 1,767 ANAW-300 @ 28KHz = 2.050 dB *Change of +0.890 dB. OR Atlantic PTLDOR12 12-31-2009 413371 414161 92R1XEX Direct Feed to 1529-1 NE 21st, 1710-11 NE Multnomah, 1510-11 NE Multnomah Transfer all workers in count 781, 526-750 from the ADMC-1800 to the existing CDTZ-1800 which will increase the dB as follows: Tranfer 1,714' of ADMC-1800 (2.680dB loss) to 1,692' of CDTZ-1800 (3.890dB loss) - an increase of 1.21dB WA Shelton SHTNWA01 07-30-2009 140201 92W27YN 4301 State Route 3 COPPER PAIRS WILL BE REMOVED FROM THIS DA AND ALL WORKING LINES TRANSFERRED TO A FIBER FED RT. NO EXISTING CLEC CKT WILL BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED. INA COUNT WILL SUPPORT UNBUNDLED LOOPS AND SPECIALS.
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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