Customer List Intangible Assets (Consumer CLEC Business)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Consumer CLEC Business

Finite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]

Customer List Intangible Assets

Note 4. Customer List Intangible Assets

The carrying value of the customer list intangible assets at each reporting period was as follows:

	March 31, 2015						December 31, 2014
	Gross		Accumulated		Net Carrying		Gross		Accumulated		Net Carrying
(Thousands)	Cost		Amortization		Value		Cost		Amortization		Value
Customer lists	$	34,501	$	21,063	$	13,438	$	34,501	$	20,049	$	14,452

Amortization expense for the customer list intangible assets was $1.0 million and $1.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Amortization expense is estimated to be $2.9 million for the remainder of 2015. Amortization expense is estimated to be as follows for the years ended December 31:

Year	(Thousands)
2016	$	3,258
2017		2,607
2018		1,994
2019		1,384
2020		870
Thereafter		416
Total	$	10,529