Federal Communications Commission August 24, 2020 445 12th Street SW Washington, DC 20554 Att: Carmell Weathers Wireline Competition Bureau Subject: Network Notification No. 142 Public Notice of Copper Retirement Under Rule 51.333 This Notice, pursuant to CFR 47, Subsection 51.333, advises of the following Network change(s) and/or improvement(s) within Consolidated Communications of Vermont Company, LLC d/b/a Consolidated Communications (“Consolidated”) and the scheduled implementation date. Vermont Wire Centers: Consolidated Central Office CLLI: Central Office Name: Consolidated RT CLLI : Municipality: Route and Pole: Street Address: WBURVTYA WEST BURKE WBURVT02 WEST BURKE RTE 5 P24 53 SUGAR HOUSE RD WLMGVTDA WILMINGTON WLMGVT16 WILMINGTON RTE 2 P52 326 STOWE HILL RD Planned Implementation or Retirement Date: Will not be implemented for 90 days after the release of the Commission’s public notice of filing Description of Change: Consolidated Communications Inc. will be installing a Digital Line Subscriber Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) to provide Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) service. There will no change to existing circuits. In addition, Consolidated Communications Inc. will be replacing the copper (metallic) feeder facilities with fiber optic cable and Digital Loop Carrier (DLC) systems. The public notice of this network change will identify the services that will be transferred to the DLC. Changes may occur to existing circuits because they are not compatible with DLC. Any existing UNE xDSL or Digital Design Loop (DDL) services may be disconnected with this network change. Description of Foreseeable Impact: After the planned network changes are implemented, there will be no copper (metallic) loop facilities between Consolidated’s Central Offices listed and the remote terminal in the affected area. Copper (metallic) sub-loop facilities will remain in place between Consolidated’s Remote Terminal and customer premises in the affected area. CLEC SERVICES IMPACTED CLEC NAME/CCNA/ACNA Consolidated RT CLLI CIRCUIT TYPE/SERVICE (e.g. DSL) CIRCUIT ID NONE Contact: Rick Cimon Barbara Galardo (Regulatory) 603-645-1970 207-535-4126 richard.cimon@consolidated.com barbara.galardo@consolidated.com