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Wireline ‐ Telecom & Verizon Business Wireless Panel: Broadband Modernization Robert Garringer, Verizon TFI Communications Technology Asset Valuation Conference January 24 ‐ 25, 2013  Upgrade electronics to 100 Gigabit per second  Project started in 2012 Project started in 2012  13,000 route miles complete in US  Activate & market health monitoring & fleet management services via LTE Presented at TFI Communication Technology Asset Valuation Conference Jan 24 ‐ 25, 2013 Please contact Mr. Garringer or TFI regarding reproducing presentation material. 1

 Remove Customers from Copper  Move copper trouble pairs to FTTP where overbuilt Move copper trouble pairs to FTTP where overbuilt  All “Sandy” repairs will be FTTP  Expand FTTP wire center per plan  “Sandy” repairs  Will pass approximately 19M homes  In rural non ‐ FTTP wire centers  Move customers to Home Fusion  Move network to all IP Protocol  Replace Digital Circuit Switching  Replace Digital Circuit Switching  Softswitch  LAG Equipment – Line Access/ Aggregation Gateways  Switch bypass  Move from SONET to ROADM  Move video customers from Set top boxes to Home p Media Server Presented at TFI Communication Technology Asset Valuation Conference Jan 24 ‐ 25, 2013 Please contact Mr. Garringer or TFI regarding reproducing presentation material. 2

 Complete 4G LTE build out  Enable voice service on LTE network  Enable voice service on LTE network  Expand Home Fusion penetration in non ‐ FTTP wire centers Presented at TFI Communication Technology Asset Valuation Conference Jan 24 ‐ 25, 2013 Please contact Mr. Garringer or TFI regarding reproducing presentation material. 3