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Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:

(in thousands)		Estimated Useful Lives		September 30, 2019				December 31, 2018
Land				$	6,936			$	6,723
Buildings and structures		10 - 40 years		231,962				213,657
Cable and fiber		15 - 40 years		321,963				309,928
Equipment and software		3 - 20 years		839,624				791,401
Plant in service				1,400,485				1,321,709
Plant under construction				70,674				81,409
Total property, plant and equipment				1,471,159				1,403,118
Less: accumulated amortization and depreciation				782,643				701,759
Property, plant and equipment, net				$	688,516			$	701,359

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Tabular disclosure of physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, balances by class of assets, depreciation and depletion expense and method used, including composite depreciation, and accumulated deprecation.

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