Segment Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

16. Segment Information

The Company, prior to 2017, operated in two reportable segments of telecommunications and data center services. This conclusion was based on how resources were allocated and assessed by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, the Company’s chief operating decision maker. The Company had initially formed the data center services segment in 2013 with the expectation that the segment would operate independently and focus on colocation services. The Company’s strategy has evolved to emphasize a bundle of telecommunication services to its customers including colocation. In addition, the Company is focusing its efforts on obtaining the benefit of cross selling services and gaining efficiencies of a more integrated operation. With this change in strategy, the Company has implemented certain operational, organizational and reporting changes. Among the changes is the Chief Executive Officer is no longer provided information with which to separately evaluate the data center services segment or any other component for standalone performance or resource allocation. Hence, given the integrated nature of the Company’s telecommunication operations, including its leveraging of its primary network to provide the majority of its services, management has concluded the Company now has only one segment.

The following table provides information on the Company’s revenue by channel (dollars in thousands):



	For the Year Ended December 31,
	2017		2016		2015
Business services	$	169,477	$	180,663	$	174,689
Consumer services		135,326		142,939		145,626
Wholesale carrier data		50,741		53,664		56,430
Other		12,875		15,697		16,668
	$	368,419	$	392,963	$	393,413