Property, Plant and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

Note 3.  Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following at December 31, 2015 and 2014:

	Estimated Useful Lives	2015		2014
		(in thousands)
Land		$	4,181	$	3,700
Buildings and structures	10 – 40 years		108,341		103,341
Cable and wire	4 – 40 years		214,721		201,938
Equipment and software	2 – 16.7years		391,260		366,342
Plant in service		$	718,503	$	675,321
Plant under construction			36,600		18,078
Total property, plant and equipment			755,103		693,399
Less accumulated amortization and depreciation			345,085		287,492
Property, plant and equipment, net		$	410,018	$	405,907

The Company traded in certain base station PCS equipment for 4G LTE base station equipment in 2015 and 2014, and received credits of $711 thousand and $863 thousand, respectively, against the fair value purchase price of the new equipment.  The Company adjusted depreciation on equipment to be traded in so that the net book value at trade-in approximated the credit to be received.