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GOVERNMENT GRANTS (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014 item
Upstate New York and parts of Pennsylvania and Vermont |
GOVERNMENT GRANTS |
Capital expenditures | $ 35.8
Federal stimulus grant | 27.5
Number of new segments of fiber-optic, middle mile broadband infrastructure built | 10
Navajo Nation across Arizona, New Mexico and Utah |
GOVERNMENT GRANTS |
Capital expenditures | 7.6
Federal stimulus grant | 5.3
Vermont |
GOVERNMENT GRANTS |
Capital expenditures | 47.8
Federal stimulus grant | 33.0
Expected amount of federal stimulus grants | $ 0
Vermont | Minimum |
GOVERNMENT GRANTS |
Number of community anchor institutions to whom broadband and transport services are provided | 340

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