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Property, Plant And Equipment
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]  
Property, Plant And Equipment
NOTE 7. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment is summarized as follows at December 31:
Lives (years)
20202019
Land-$2,571 $2,651 
Buildings and improvements
2-44
39,418 38,924 
Central office equipment1
3-10
95,981 96,061 
Cable, wiring and conduit
15-50
75,409 72,042 
Satellites
14-17
908 2,489 
Other equipment
3-20
90,883 94,951 
Software
3-7
18,482 22,244 
Under construction-4,099 4,176 
327,751 333,538 
Accumulated depreciation and amortization200,436 203,410 
Property, plant and equipment - net$127,315 $130,128 
1Includes certain network software.

Our depreciation expense was $20,277 in 2020, $20,285 in 2019 and $20,083 in 2018. Depreciation expense included amortization of software totaling $3,483 in 2020, $3,313 in 2019 and $3,092 in 2018.
In December 2020, we reassessed our grouping of long-lived assets and identified certain impairment indicators, requiring us to evaluate the recoverability of the long-lived assets of our video business. Based on this evaluation, we determined that these assets were not fully recoverable and recognized pre-tax impairment charges totaling $7,255, of which $1,681 relates to property, plant and equipment, including satellites. The reduced carrying amounts of the impaired assets became their new cost basis.

In 2019, we recorded a noncash pre-tax charge of $1,290 to abandon copper assets that we no longer expect will be utilized to support future network activity. The abandonment was considered outside the ordinary course of business.