Plant, Property and Equipment

3 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Plant, Property and Equipment

Plant, Property and Equipment

Note 4. Plant, Property and Equipment

        Plant, property and equipment consisted of the following:

	March 31, 2014			December 31, 2013
	(in millions)
Distribution facilities	$	1,035.0		$	1,005.8
Customer premise equipment		367.4			354.2
Head-end equipment		218.8			211.1
Telephony infrastructure		96.4			91.7
Computer equipment and software		59.8			56.5
Vehicles		25.4			25.2
Buildings and leasehold improvements		54.5			54.2
Office and technical equipment		30.3			29.9
Land		7.7			7.7
Construction in progress (including material inventory and other)		38.4			49.4
Total plant, property and equipment		1,933.7			1,885.7
Less accumulated depreciation		(1,049.5	)		(994.8	)
	$	884.2		$	890.9

        Depreciation expense for the three months ended three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 was $57.0 million and $54.2 million, respectively. Included in depreciation expense were (gains) losses on write-offs or sales of customer premises equipment of $(0.4) million and $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

4. Plant, Property and Equipment

        Plant, property and equipment consist of the following:

	December 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
	(in millions)
Distribution facilities	$	1,005.8		$	886.8
Customer premise equipment		354.2			323.5
Head-end equipment		211.1			180.1
Telephony infrastructure		91.7			89.9
Computer equipment and software		56.5			33.6
Vehicles		25.2			29.9
Buildings and leasehold improvements		54.2			50.9
Office and technical equipment		29.9			18.8
Land		7.7			7.7
Construction in progress (including material inventory and other)		49.4			22.0
Total plant, property and equipment		1,885.7			1,643.2
Less accumulated depreciation		(994.8	)		(782.3	)
	$	890.9		$	860.9

        Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 were $217.8 million, $184.5 million, and $134.2 million, respectively. Included in depreciation expense were losses of write-offs and sales of customer premises equipment of $0.4 million, nil and $2.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.