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Public Notice No. 850
(Filed under Rule 51.329(a), with Information Required by Rule 51.327(a))
Public Notice of Copper Retirements Under Rule 51.333
Qwest Corporation d/b/a CenturyLink QC Internet address: http://www.centurylink.com/disclosures/

Copper Retirements in North Dakota.

First Implementation Date:

February 15, 2022

Original Date Posted:

September 22, 2021

Summary:

Copper Retirementsare necessary to respond to various factors in the Outside Plant, including road construction, maintenance problems, and growth accommodation.Replacement cables may beeithercopper or fiber. Specific information will be provided with each disclosure.

Description of any changes in rates, terms or conditions that will accompany the planned change(s):

As a general matter, the retirement of these copper facilities will not result in changes to rates, terms and conditions in cases where the affected service is converted to a like-for-like service that is available on the replacement fiber or copper facilities. Interconnecting entities, however, should review the applicable tariff or agreement for certain terms that may apply specifically in cases where the service is provisioned on fiber. In cases where interconnecting entities elect to replace the affected service with an alternative service that CenturyLink QC offers on fiber facilities, the rates, terms and conditions will be as set forth in the tariff or agreement under which CenturyLink offers the replacement service that the interconnecting entity selects. CenturyLink, separately from this notice, will provide interconnecting entities with further information regarding service migration options that CenturyLink offers.

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 #

Replacing

ND

Fargo

FARGNDBC

02/15/2022 145404
147602
145104
145502
145202
145302
N.739808

Growth in the area requires Qwest Corporation d/b/a CenturyLink QC to install new technology to serve its customers. The feeder portion of certain copper loops will be replaced with fiber and no longer available as of the planned completion/retirement date of February 15, 2022. As a result of this network upgrade, Customers will be provided with higher speed Broadband Internet Access (BIA).

Additional Information:

Any person desiring additional information in conjunction with this Public Notice can contact:

Abdennaceur Boudhaouia
Director Policy and Compliance
303-707-8561
Jamal.Boudhaouia@CenturyLink.com

This Network Disclosure is available as a PDF download. If you need to print Network Disclosures, the PDF file will give you more flexibility and a higher quality printout than will a Web page, which is designed to be viewed with a Web browser. If you need the Adobe Reader, you can download it for free from Adobe's Web site.

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Questions regarding Network Disclosure information can be referred to the individual listed on the Disclosure Announcement, or contact Jamal Boudhaouia, CenturyLink's Manager of Network Disclosures at Jamal.Boudhaouia@CenturyLink.com or (303) 707-8561.