Federal Communications Commission 
Atten: Carmen Weathers 
445 12th Street, SW 
Washington, DC 20554 
 
 
 
 
Subject:  Network Notification No. 97 
 
Short Term Public Notice Under Rule 51.333a  
(Less than 6 months notice) 
 
 
This Notice, pursuant to CFR 47, Subsections 51.325 – 51.335 advises of the following Network change(s) and/or 
improvement(s) within Telephone Operating Company of Vermont LLC d/b/a FairPoint Communications 
(“TOCOVT”) and the scheduled implementation date.   
 
Vermont Wire Centers: 
  
 
 Vergennes, Vermont    Vergennes Remote Terminal 
 VRGSVTMO     VRGSVTBN 
 
 Vergennes, Vermont    Ferrisburgh Remote Terminal 
 VRGSVTMO     FRGHVTAC 
 
  
 
Planned Implementation or Retirement Date:    August  30, 2016 
 
 
Description of Foreseeable Impact These network changes will create the potential for spectral interference on 
the CO-based ADSL and/or a Digital Design Loop (DDL) loops that share the same binder groups as the RT 
ADSL within the copper distribution feeder cable past the Feeder Distribution Interface (FDI).  
 
Description of Change: When FP is installing a Digital Line Subscriber Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) or Litespan 
to provide Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) service from a Remote Terminal (RT) that is less than 30,000 feet from 
the Central Office and only when copper feeder is present between the Central Office and RT.   
 
 
                
             Attachment: Certificate of Service 
 
Contact: Mary Groom Barbara Galardo (Regulatory) 
 802-951-1559 207-535-4126 
 mgroom@fairpoint.com bgalardo@fairpoint.com 
 
1 Davis Farm Road 
Portland, Maine 04103 
 
May 25, 2016