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Property, Plant and Equipment
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]  
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The carrying value of property, plant and equipment is as follows:
(Thousands)
Depreciable Lives(1)
December 31, 2024December 31, 2023
LandIndefinite$30,577 $30,099 
Building and improvements
3 - 40 years
374,668 366,490 
Poles30 years341,548 314,489 
Fiber30 years5,253,959 4,835,623 
Equipment
5 - 7 years
499,678 460,463 
Copper20 years3,972,806 3,974,410 
Conduit30 years90,193 90,087 
Tower assets20 years1,221 1,221 
Finance lease assetsSee Note 352,789 52,589 
Other assets
15 - 20 years
10,450 10,436 
Construction in progressSee Note 336,774 49,771 
Corporate assets
3 - 7 years
16,499 15,731 
 10,681,162 10,201,409 
Less accumulated depreciation (6,471,415)(6,219,340)
Property, plant and equipment, net $4,209,747 $3,982,069 
(1)Certain property acquired from Windstream is depreciated using Windstream's estimated useful lives. Specifically, certain Fiber assets are depreciated using an average 20 year life.
Finance lease assets above predominantly represent fiber leases, where we have the exclusive, unrestricted, and indefeasible right to use one, a pair, or more strands of fiber of a fiber cable.
Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022 was $285.1 million, $280.8 million and $263.0 million, respectively.