Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities [Abstract]

Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities

(11) Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities — Accounts payable and accrued liabilities were as follows for the periods stated:

	September 30, 2011		December 31, 2010
	(Dollars in thousands)
Accounts payable	$	1,918	$	3,284
Accrued network costs		1,520		1,695
Accrued taxes		5,206		4,547
Asset retirement obligations — short-term		887		2,027
Accrued outside services		2,042		1,473
Accrued other		851		1,110
Escheat liability — short-term		425		548
Accrued interest		143		—
Deferred rent — short-term		219		83
Dividends payable		11		27
Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	13,222	$	14,794

Accrued taxes are based on the Company’s estimate of outstanding state and local taxes. This balance may be adjusted in the future as the Company settles with various taxing jurisdictions.