Plant, Property and Equipment, Net

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Plant, Property and Equipment, Net

Plant, Property and Equipment, Net

5. Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment consist of the following:

	December 31,
	2019		2018
	(in millions)
Distribution facilities	$	1,780.7	$	1,543.3
Customer premise equipment		460.1		440.4
Head-end equipment		341.2		321.9
Telephony infrastructure		97.9		94.8
Computer equipment and software		146.4		129.1
Vehicles		37.0		36.5
Buildings and leasehold improvements		49.5		46.3
Office and technical equipment		33.5		32.7
Land		6.2		6.2
Construction in progress (including material inventory and other)		61.2		157.8
Total property, plant and equipment		3,013.7		2,809.0
Less accumulated depreciation		(1,940.0)		(1,755.6)
	$	1,073.7	$	1,053.4

Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 was $204.4 million, $185.1 million, and $196.2 million, respectively. Included in the loss (gain) on sale of assets were write-offs of obsolete assets of $2.4 million, $0.6 million, and $0.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.