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Property, Plant and Equipment | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2022
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract] |
Property, Plant and Equipment | Property, Plant and Equipment Property, plant and equipment consist of the following:
($ in thousands) | Estimated Useful Lives |  | June 30, 2022 |  | December 31, 2021
Land |  |  | $ | 3,771 |  |  | $ | 3,771 |
Land improvements | 10 years |  | 3,483 |  |  | 3,478 |
Buildings and structures | 10 - 45 years |  | 96,287 |  |  | 96,323 |
Cable and fiber | 15 - 30 years |  | 528,352 |  |  | 453,405 |
Equipment and software | 4 - 8 years |  | 361,290 |  |  | 391,293 |
Plant in service |  |  | 993,183 |  |  | 948,270 |
Plant under construction |  |  | 116,225 |  |  | 79,963 |
Total property, plant and equipment |  |  | 1,109,408 |  |  | 1,028,233 |
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization |  |  | 499,623 |  |  | 474,071 |
Property, plant and equipment, net |  |  | $ | 609,785 |  |  | $ | 554,162 |
Property, plant and equipment net, increases were primarily attributable to capital expenditures in the Broadband segment due to expansion of Glo Fiber assets and market expansion. Depreciation expense was $14.6 million and $13.1 million during the three months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and $28.7 million and $26.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively. In the fourth quarter of 2021, due to the availability of grants awarded under various governmental initiatives, and in support of rural fiber to the home ("FTTH") broadband network expansion projects, we decided to cease further expansion of our “Beam” branded fixed wireless edge-out strategy. During the second quarter of 2022, the Company permanently ceased operating 20 of our 55 Beam fixed wireless sites and expects these sites to be completely decommissioned by December 31, 2022. Consequently, Shentel recorded an impairment charge of $4.1 million. The Company also began, during the second quarter of 2022, exploration of strategic alternatives concerning the remaining Beam branded fixed wireless assets and operations.

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