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Fair Value Measurements (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2023
Fair Value Measurements [Abstract] |
Summary of Asset Impairment and Decommission Costs | :
|  | For the three months
|  | ended March 31,
|  | 2023 |  | 2022
|  | (in thousands)
Asset impairment (1) |  | $ | 22,332 |  | $ | 7,790
Write-off of carrying value of decommissioned towers |  |  | 1,954 |  |  | 590
Other (including third party decommission costs) |  |  | 2,104 |  |  | 132
Total asset impairment and decommission costs |  | $ | 26,390 |  | $ | 8,512
(1)Represents impairment charges resulting from the Company’s regular analysis of whether the anticipated future cash flows from certain towers are sufficient to recover the carrying value of the investment in those towers. As a result of increased churn from Sprint, the Company experienced increased asset impairment charges for the three months ended March 31, 2023.

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