Note 4 - Property and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Notes to Financial Statements

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

4. Property and Equipment

A summary of property and equipment is shown as follows (in thousands, except estimated life):

	Estimated			December 31,
	Life			2020			2019
Land				$	1,157		$	1,164
Building and improvements	20	-	40		13,187			13,358
Telephone equipment	6	-	20		252,967			246,692
Cable television equipment		7			13,921			13,258
Furniture and equipment	8	-	14		3,082			3,082
Vehicles	7	-	9		7,069			6,961
Computer software and equipment	5	-	7		20,725			20,132
Internet equipment		5			12,581			11,196
Total property and equipment					324,689			315,843
Accumulated depreciation and amortization					(265,303	)		(258,559	)
Net property and equipment				$	59,386		$	57,284

Depreciation expense for the years ended

December 31, 2020,

2019

and

2018,

was

$7,994

thousand,

$7,344

thousand and

$6,906

thousand, respectively. Amortization expense for telephone plant adjustment was $(

57

) thousand, $(

90

) thousand and $(

82

) thousand for the years ended

December 31, 2020,

2019

and

2018,

respectively.