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Network Disclosure Announcement #714

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

Copper Retirements in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, South Dakota and Washington

First Implementation Date:

December 8, 2009

Original Date Posted:

October 27, 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 West PHNXAZWE 01-26-2010 311411 92132K4 3921 W Verde Ln This job is replacing 410 ft of bkma 100 24 ga with 24 ga 100pr difference of 16 ft adding length to the db loss of .03db from xbox at 3921 w Verde ln 2.31kf
CO Brighton BITNCOMA 12-31-2009 410821 922341L 12990 E County Rd 6 CDOT ROAD MOVE PROJECT. STATE HWY 85 AND WELD COUNTY RD 6-HENRY RD, BRIGHTON, CO. REPLACE 188' OF BKMG-100 (24 GAUGE) AND 293' OF BHAS-50 PAIR CABLE (22 GUAGE) WITH 505' OF ANMW-50 PAIR CABLE (24 GUAGE). NEGITIVE LOSS OF .04 Db. THIS IS A STATE ROAD MOVE PROJECT.
CO Denver North DNVRCONO 12-08-2009 411981 92231MX 4900 Vallejo Replace 900' of existing aerial cable and cut leg into sai x 4900 Vallejo and remove existing defective cross connect x 4901 Wyandot, which increases the f2 loop by 1,140'.
CO Longmont LNMTCOMA 04-02-2010 313233 92233TE 1350 Florida Ave This job replaces an 800 pr xbox (1984) places 210' of ANMW-300, abandons/retires a 20' section of BKMH-600 (1974). Before calculations = 4.890 @ 1004 Hz After calculations = 4.910 @ 1004 Hz
ID Kimberly KMBRIDMA 12-31-2009 211441 9231EMG 107 RL 12Z F1 LMU 3,1951-2000 WILL GO FROM 36.69kf to 37.18kf to X 107 RL12Z. This will increase the db loss by .54db. Job will retire copper and replace it with copper. lmu before 24ga=.27kf@28Khz=.46db lmu after 22ga=.45kf@28Khz=.48db 24ga=.31kf@28Khz=.52db
OR Madras MDRSOR52 03-31-2010 223301 92R1Y6Q 615 SW Belmont LN This job replaces cable on Belmont Ln for a road improvement project. Before After 1969' of 19ga ca @ 28KHz = 1.19dB 1897' of 22ga @ 28KHz = 2.009dB This cable will continue to support existing circuits, including any CLEC circuits.
SD Sioux Falls SW SXFLSDSW 06-10-2010 211141 92T162R 3700 W 43 St This job will relocate copper facilities to the terminals I 3500 W 41 St and 3401 W 41 St for the W 41st street Bridge Project. This job will replace .937 KF of 24 gauge cable with 1.615 KF of 24 gauge cable. This will result in an increase of .210 dB of loss @ 1004 Hz and an increase of 1.03 dB of loss at 28 KHz upon completion. The copper cables that will be abandoned are in conflict with the new bridge construction and will not be able to be maintained in their current location.
WA Centralia CENLWA01 12-30-2009 130201 92W2DDU 40NW137 This job replaced the following cable section between ped #24 to ped #26 in Big Hanaford Rd. Section 100',AFAW-200/270',AFAW-300/334',AJAW-200 with loss of 0.75dB and Section 81',AFAW-100/15',AFAW-100/270',AFAW300/330',AFAW-100 with loss of 0.75dB to 170',ANAW-200/303',ANAW-200/293',ANAW-300 with a loss of 0.81dB.
WA Pasco PASCWA01 12-31-2009 462001 92W2ELJ 3608 Hanson Loop Rd Road improvements by the State of Washington at the intersection of Hwy 12 and Humorist Rd are causing Qwest to remove copper feed and switch to fiber based services. This will cause a decrease of .4.72db loss at 1004hz. All existing services will continue to be supported.
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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