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Network Disclosure Announcement #699

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

Copper Retirements in Arizona, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, South Dakota, Utah and Washington

First Implementation Date:

August 15, 2009

Original Date Posted:

July 8, 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 Safford SFFRAZMA 12-11-2009 313611 9212XSZ 3602 S Hwy 191 Qwest is transferring all copper services, POTS, DS0, DS1 and DSL from copper to fiber/DLC at SAI 3602 S Hwy 191 in Safford, AZ. Existing F1 loop: 26ga=5.49kf & 24ga=10.42kf. Proposed F1 loop: 24ga=.05kf. There are no CLEC services at this SAI.
AZ Tolleson TLSNAZMA 09-30-2009 310481 9212XBZ N/A Abandoning the existing air core cable - This job will transfer workers in the 14 ca , 1-600 into mh 1170 into dead count of 1200pr cable heating up dead ct to 14, 1-600 distance of 1880 , Then cut back over with cable stub to the existing 600 pr cable. The gauge is going from 22 gauge 2.42 db to 24 gauge 3.34db with a difference of +.92 db
IA Malvern MLVRIACO 10-01-2009 320102 92C1JXE X 201-W1 REPLACING 1855' OF BKMH-50PR BURIED CABLE WITH 2175' OF ANMW-50PR BURIED CABLE FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION JOB. DB LOSS @ 1004Hz FROM .740 TO .840 AFTER JOB IS COMPLETED.
MN Bloomington - Cedar BLTNMNCE 10-12-2009 410303 C9MA085 N/A This job will replace 135'(f) of anmw-50 pair buried f2 cable @ 10.80k/ft with 175'(f) of anmw-50 pair buried cable @ 10.84k/ft adding .06db loss @ 28KHz
MN St Cloud STCDMNTO 09-18-2009 112602 92M22BZ SAI:X ST STEPHEN BROACKWAY TWN ROAD CONST NECESSITATES THE REMOVAL OF EXISTING 22 GUAGE CABLE (11PR) (3.206 KFT) WITH 3.600 KFT OF 24 GUAGE (25 PR DIST CABLE) DIFFERENCE OF +9.672 DB.
MN Swanville SWVLMNSV 09-18-2009 210103 92M221T SPRINGBROOK BEFORE: AFTER: 2871' 22g@28KHz=3.090 3235' 24g@28KHz=5.090 Chg of +2.
MT Victor VCTRMTMA 12-15-2009 120431 120641 H94A004 2630 Meridian Rd, x 15.0 rl1 Qwest is rerouting buried cable in conflict with a highway project. The following are the db calculations for cable sections. 1516' of 24 ga will be replaced with 2179' of 24 ga. The loss is increased by +1.01db. 2576' of 24ga will be replaced with 1766' of 24 ga. The loss is decreased by -2.26db.
MT Victor VCTRMTMA 12-15-2009 120431 H94A021 X 15.0 rl1 Qwest is rerouting buried cable in conflict with a highway project. The following are the db calculations for cable section: 3408' of 24 ga will be replaced with 3517' of 24 ga. The loss is increased by +0.19db.
SD Flanreau FLNDSDCO 09-08-2009 410921 92T15XE X N2W5W2 This job will replace 332 feet of 22 gauge 11 pair cable with 335 feet of 24 gauge 25 pair cable for a road project on Interstate 29 near the Flandreau exit. This replacement will result in an increase of loss in this section. The new section of cable will add .04 db of loss @ 1004 Hz and will add .2 db of loss @ 28 KHz.
UT American Fork AMKFUTMA 08-30-2009 212911 H86A562 345 S 100 West The work begins at 1.9kf from the CO. The dB loss calculations for the individual copper cable sections are: Before: 24ga=0.045/19ga=0.323 28 khz=0.260db After: 24ga=0.498 28 khz=0.820db Change 0f 0.238dB loss
WA Rochester ROCHWA01 08-15-2009 227201 92W2C5R 19835 Sargent Rd SW This job replaces 529' of ALAW-100, 22 ga with a loss of 0.56 dB to 777' of ANMW-300, 24 ga with a loss of 1.25 dB; replaces 529' of KLAW-200 with loss of 0.56dB to 777' of ANMW-300,24ga with a loss of 1.25 dB
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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