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Property, Plant and Equipment
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]  
Property, Plant and Equipment

4. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):

 

     September 30,
2016
     December 31,
2015
 

Cable systems, equipment and customer devices

   $ 2,313,090       $ 2,250,245   

Vehicles

     42,800         41,924   

Buildings and leasehold improvements

     36,262         35,870   

Furniture, fixtures and office equipment

     33,931         37,128   

Land and land improvements

     7,841         7,908   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment, gross

   $ 2,433,924       $ 2,373,075   

Accumulated depreciation

     (1,626,778 )       (1,589,422 ) 
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

   $ 807,146       $ 783,653