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Long-lived Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Long-lived Assets [Abstract] |
Schedule of PP&E | The details of our property and equipment and the related accumulated depreciation are set forth below:
| Estimated useful life at December 31, 2018 |  | December 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017
|  |  | in millions
Distribution systems | 3 to 30 years |  | $ | 17,845.4 |  |  | $ | 17,465.0 |
Customer premises equipment | 3 to 7 years |  | 4,191.2 |  |  | 4,341.0 |
Support equipment, buildings and land | 2 to 50 years |  | 4,933.7 |  |  | 4,781.4 |
Total property and equipment, gross |  | 26,970.3 |  |  | 26,587.4 |
Accumulated depreciation |  | (13,091.4 | ) |  | (12,438.4 | )
Total property and equipment, net |  | $ | 13,878.9 |  |  | $ | 14,149.0 |
Schedule of Changes in Carrying Amount of Goodwill | Changes in the carrying amount of our goodwill during 2018 are set forth below:
| January 1, 2018 |  | Acquisitions and related adjustments |  | Foreign currency translation adjustments |  | December 31, 2018
| in millions
U.K./Ireland | $ | 8,134.1 |  |  | $ | 2.0 |  |  | $ | (465.1 | ) |  | $ | 7,671.0 |
Belgium | 2,681.7 |  |  | 24.9 |  |  | (130.3 | ) |  | 2,576.3 |
Switzerland | 2,931.3 |  |  | (0.3 | ) |  | (27.1 | ) |  | 2,903.9 |
Central and Eastern Europe | 607.0 |  |  | — |  |  | (42.4 | ) |  | 564.6 |
Total | $ | 14,354.1 |  |  | $ | 26.6 |  |  | $ | (664.9 | ) |  | $ | 13,715.8 |
Changes in the carrying amount of our goodwill during 2017 are set forth below:
| January 1, 2017 |  | Acquisitions and related adjustments |  | Foreign currency translation adjustments |  | December 31, 2017
|  |  | in millions |  |
U.K./Ireland | $ | 7,412.3 |  |  | $ | 2.3 |  |  | $ | 719.5 |  |  | $ | 8,134.1 |
Belgium | 2,032.7 |  |  | 338.6 |  |  | 310.4 |  |  | 2,681.7 |
Switzerland | 2,805.6 |  |  | — |  |  | 125.7 |  |  | 2,931.3 |
Central and Eastern Europe | 507.9 |  |  | — |  |  | 99.1 |  |  | 607.0 |
Total | $ | 12,758.5 |  |  | $ | 340.9 |  |  | $ | 1,254.7 |  |  | $ | 14,354.1 |
Schedule of Intangible Assets Subject to Amortization, Net | The details of our intangible assets subject to amortization are set forth below:
| Estimated useful life at December 31, 2018 |  | December 31, 2018 |  | December 31, 2017
|  | Gross carrying amount |  | Accumulated amortization |  | Net carrying amount |  | Gross carrying amount |  | Accumulated amortization |  | Net carrying amount
|  |  | in millions
Customer relationships | 2 to 10 years |  | $ | 3,673.1 |  |  | $ | (2,914.2 | ) |  | $ | 758.9 |  |  | $ | 4,041.0 |  |  | $ | (2,745.8 | ) |  | $ | 1,295.2 |
Other | 2 to 20 years |  | 521.3 |  |  | (249.0 | ) |  | 272.3 |  |  | 531.9 |  |  | (218.6 | ) |  | 313.3 |
Total |  | $ | 4,194.4 |  |  | $ | (3,163.2 | ) |  | $ | 1,031.2 |  |  | $ | 4,572.9 |  |  | $ | (2,964.4 | ) |  | $ | 1,608.5 |
Schedule Of Future Amortization Expense Finite Lived Intangible Assets Text Block | The U.S. dollar equivalents of such amortization expense amounts as of December 31, 2018 are presented below (in millions):
2019 | $ | 521.4 |
2020 | 167.0 |
2021 | 82.2 |
2022 | 34.0 |
2023 | 28.5 |
Thereafter | 198.1 |
Total | $ | 1,031.2 |

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