First Implementation Date:	July 31, 2009
Original Date Posted:	June 12, 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 CO Evergreen EVRGCOMA 09-30-2009 312911 9222YAB 388 Witter Gulch Rd replacing 607' of 22 ga with 824' of 22 ga. MN St Cloud STCDMNTO 09-03-2009 221202 92M21U4 6443 Maynew Lake Rd NE BEFORE: AFTER: 80' 19g &470' 22g@28KHx=.550 553' 24g@28KHz=.900 Chg of +.351dB loss 4346' 22g & 992' 24g@28KHz=6.7 5183' 24g@28KHz=8.5 Chg of +1.8 785' 19g, 4260' 22g & 992' 24g@28KHz=7.2 5837' 24g@28KHz=9.680 Chg of +2.48 MN St Peter STPRMNSP 11-30-2009 330402 C9MA055 D10A THIS JOB WILL REPLACE 500 FEET OF 22 GUAGE AERIAL CABLE WITH A Db LOSS OF 0.530 WITH 500 FEET OF BURIED 24 GUAGE WITH A Db LOSS 0.820. NE Ainsworth ANWONENW 07-31-2009 410303 92B172T X E 1 S Old F2 route of 3.01KF @ 28KHZ=1.90db. New F2 route of 3.21KF @ 28KHZ=2.02db. Change of +.12db Replacing a AJBW-6pr cable with BSW-6PR-19GA between tea 345-10 to a mtc test point. NM Corrales ALBQNMCR 08-15-2009 213301 9251RG3 815 Ortega Rd NW This job will replace an existing cable (115ft of 22GA with dB loss of 0.140). The 115' will be replaced with 255' of 24GA with a dB loss = 0.470 WA Aberdeen ABRDWA01 08-30-2009 324102 92W2AVA 791 SR 105 This job replaces approximately 6 miles of aerial feeder and distribution cables along State Route 105 (Westport Hwy) from the Aberdeen city limits (16.6KF) to the Aberdeen wire center exhange boundary. The dB loss calculations for the individual copper cable sections @ 28KHz are: Before: 31,515ft of 22ga = 38.370dB. After: 24,265ft of 22ga and 7250ft of 24ga =42.130dB. A change of 3.76dB. Before: 24,265ft of 19ga and 7250ft of 22ga = 25.680dB. After: 24,265ft of 22ga and 7250ft of 24ga =42.130dB. A change of 16.45dB.
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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