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Network Disclosure Announcement #707

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

Copper Retirements in Arizona, Colorado, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Washington

First Implementation Date:

October 23, 2009

Original Date Posted:

September 2, 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 Buckeye BCKYAZMA 11-02-2009 513211 92132H3 25186 W Broadway Rd This job will replace existing cable (1330' of 19ga with a db loss of 0.860) with new (1330' of 24ga with a db loss of 2.310). Replace BHAH-25 with ANMW-25 with the count of 25186B, 601-625.
CO Arvada ARVDCOMA 01-15-2010 112632 H92A144 11911 W 44 AV DB loss before moving xbox is 47. DB loss after moving xbox is 48. Final DB loss +1. The xbox at X 11991 W 44 Av is being moved 300' to the east as part of a road move project requested by CDOT.
MN Rochester ROCHMNRO 12-18-2009 251302 92M1YVM OLD SAI (X MARION RD & 33 ST SE), NEW SAI X 4215 33RD ST SE Qwest will turn up additional pair gain pairs at the existing remote terminal at 2515 Marion Rd SE and replace the copper fed Sai at Marion Rd & 33 St SE (251302). The new Sai will be placed at 4215 33rd St SE and will be 100 percent pair gain fed. This work is part of the project to eliminate the copper F-1 pairs to this area which is being impacted by the 4th Street bridge replacement. At the completion of this job, no copper F-1 pairs will be available to the Sai. The before loss to X Marion Rd & 33 St SE is 55.07 dB at 28Khz which includes 1,328 feet of ANAW, 22,605 feet of ANMW and 5,813 feet of ANTW cables (29.75 Kft). The after loss to X 4215 33rd St SE is 8.31 dB at 28Khz which includes 127 feet of ANAW cables and 4,986 feet of ANTW (5.2 Kft). All existing CLEC circuits will continue to work at the completion of the job.
MN Rochester ROCHMNRO 12-21-2009 240802 92M22XL OLD SAI (X 20 ST SE & CO RD 19) NEW SAI X 6666 BROOKWOOD DR SE Qwest will relocate the existing SAI from the intersection of 20th St SE & Co RD 19 to 6666 Brookwood Dr SE. The new SAI will be 100% DLC fed from an existing remote terminal. This job will remove the existing C.O.copper F-1 pairs as part of the project to eliminate the copper F-1 pairs to this area which is being impacted by the 4th Street bridge replacement. No C.O. copper F-1 pairs will remain at X 6666 Brookwood Dr SE at the completion of this job. The before loss to X 20 St SE & Co RD 19 is 83.35 dB at 28Khz which includes 4,229 feet of ANTW and 30,187 feet of ANMW and 16,542 feet of ANAW cable (50.96 Kft). The after loss to X 6666 Brookwood Dr SE is .58dB @ 28 Khz which includes 350' of ANMW cable (.35 Kft). No existing CLEC circuits will work at the new SAI at the completion of the job.
NE Springfield SPFDNENW 12-19-2009 315202 92B17EP 20701 Meadow Oaks Dr Qwest is moving 148 customers working at X 20701 MEADOW OAKS DR to a copper fed DLC to alleviate power interference from OPPD power network. All existing Copper F1 pairs will be removed from existing SAI and pulled back to 20502 Hwy 50 to remove any power influence. All existing circuits will continue to be supported.
NM Grants Main GRNTNMMA 02-17-2010 410701 411421 411301 9251S4C 321 Uranium Av, X 1631 Pinon, and X 53 UL14 This work will replace a bad cable section identified in the field for rehab. This work will replace BKMA-300, XXTL-200, and BHAA-400 with ANMW-900. Copper Retirement Information: Before: After: 45' AFAW-900 @ 28KHz = 0.050 dB 52' ANMW-900 @ 28KHz = 0.100 dB *Change of +0.050 dB. 52' BKMH-600 @ 28KHz = 0.100 dB 52' ANMW-900 @ 28KHz = 0.100 dB *Change of 0.00 dB. 50' BKMH-400 @ 28KHz = 0.090 dB 52' ANMW-900 @ 28KHz = 0.100 dB *Change of +0.010 dB. 246' BKMA-300 @ 28KHz = 0.460 dB 279' ANMW-900 @ 28KHz = 0.520 dB *Change of +0.060 dB. 246' XXTL-200 @ 28KHz = 0.710 dB 279' ANMW-900 @ 28KHz = 0.520 dB *Change of -0.190 dB. 246' BHAA-400 @ 28KHz = 0.290 dB 279' ANMW-900 @ 28KHz = 0.520 dB *Change of +0.230 dB.
OR Florence FLRNOR53 10-23-2009 210401 92R1WPL DIRECT FEED To remove conflict with upcoming ODOT North Fork Siuslaw Bridge replacement project, Qwest is replacing and downsizing three cables that run parallel with one another, (KGAW-54, ANMW-400 and ALTW-50) with one cable(ANMW-200.) The associated cables and LMU is impact is as follows: BEFORE: 1585' ALTW-50 with a dB loss of 3.660 @ 28KHz, 0.920 @ 1004Hz and a resistance of 131.713 Ohms. Paralleled by 1588' of KGAW-54 with a dB loss of 1.680 @ 28KHz, 0.490 @ 1004HZ and a resistance of 52.245 Ohms. Paralleled by 1677' ANMW-400 with a dB loss of 2.620 @ 28KHz, 0.510 @ 1004Hz, and a resistance of 55.173 Ohms. AFTER: 1592' ANMW-200 with a dB loss of 2.490 @ 28KHz, 0.660 @ 1004Hz and a resistance of 83.261 Ohms. The change in dB loss, @ 28KHz, is -1.17 for the ALTW-50 & -0.13 for the ANMW-400. These are both positive impacts to the loop. However, the KGAW-54 has a change in dB loss of 1.680 @ 28KHz.
UT Spanish Fork SPFKUTMA 12-18-2009 215931 9261W44 6400 South 2396 West Replacing X-box and moving to new location. Replaced 3 cables a anaw-600, bhaa-400 and anmw-300. Added 20' to 2 of the cables and 140' to the other.
WA Renton RNTNWA01 10-30-2009 440803 92W2DWG 12000 59TH S This job will remove .45 kf of 24 gauge and place .7 kf of 24 gauge, adding .08 dB of loss.
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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