Network Disclosure Number: / ATT20090310L.1 / Issue Date: / 03/10/2009
Modification Date: / 4th Qtr 2009
Carrier’s Name: / AT&T Southeast
Carrier’s Address:
Contact: / Your Account Manager or Service Representative
Technical Issues
Richard Hatch3 AT&T Plaza, Rm. 915
Dallas, Texas 75202
214 858-1547
Public Notice: / can be obtained on the Internet at:
http://www.att.com/gen/public-affairs?pid=3137
Network Change:
Copper Facilities which feed an area in Hazlehurst, MS. wire center (HZLHMSMA) along and adjacent to Hwy 28 W will be replaced with fiber fed digital loop carrier. This plan calls for improving and upgrading service to rural residents by investing in new, modern loop transmission facilities, comparable to urban areas, thereby improving existing telephone service and providing for future high-speed data service offerings, otherwise unavailable to these rural subscribers.
Description of Type of Changes Planned: /
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 established the Universal Service Fund (USF) to maintain affordable telephone service and to bring new telecommunications technology to rural residents in sparsely populated, high-cost-to-serve areas. AT&T Southeast is receiving remuneration from the USF and negotiates a plan for the allocated budget with the State Public Service Commission each year to benefit rural residents in its approved service areas. The plan calls for improving and upgrading service to rural residents by investing in new, modern loop transmission facilities, comparable to urban areas, thereby improving existing telephone service and providing for future high-speed data service offerings, otherwise unavailable to these rural subscribers. Under this plan, Copper Facilities which feed an area in Hazlehurst, Ms. along and adjacent to Hwy 28 W will be replaced with fiber fed digital loop carrier. This project proposes the placement of a DMXtend (OC12 Mux), Wescom (3192) High Density Repeater Shelf & DISC*S. The NPG counts are derived from one DISC*S channel bank & the MESA 2 can house up to seven DISC*S channel banks. The DS1’s to turn up the proposed DISCS*S channel banks will be worked from the proposed DMXtend. The proposed DMXtend will be a new Node on a new ring from the Hazlehurst Central Office. Currently total loop length is 40.6 Kf.
Description of Reasonably Foreseeable Impact of the Planned Changes: /
After this Plan is implemented and work is completed, metallic feeder facilities from the Central Office to the effected area will no longer be available. Unbundled loops that are defined as compatible with Digital Loop Carrier (DLC), e.g., those defined to transport POTS-grade service, will be transferred to the new DLC system without consequence. Competitive carriers employing unbundled loops that are defined to require metallic facilities, e.g., Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) or line sharing circuits will be notified individually. This notification is intended to allow the effected carrier to convert the circuit to one compatible with DLC. Currently, there are no competitive carrier circuits of this type on any of the effected copper facilities.
It should be noted that if a competitive carrier obtains an unbundled loop that has been defined to transport POTS-grade service, but then utilizes this loop to provide DSL service, AT&T will have no knowledge of the presence of DSL. In such a case, AT&T has no basis to notify the carrier and the ability of the competitive carrier to provide DSL service may be affected.
Location of Change: /
CLLI Code/Statewide / City / State / Implementation Date /
HZLHMSMA / Hazlehurst / MS / 4th Qtr 2009