Property, Plant And Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

NOTE 2 – PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, include the following:

	2012		2011
Telecommunications Plant:
Land	$	494,082	$	446,575
Buildings		8,840,981		6,905,087
Other Support Assets		10,191,528		9,142,961
Central Office and Circuit Equipment		40,992,951		36,641,453
Cable and Wire Facilities		44,584,800		40,339,563
Other Plant and Equipment		404,883		394,323
Plant Under Construction		198,700		111,673
		105,707,925		93,981,635
Other Property		10,221,493		6,769,814
Video Plant		9,361,510		8,606,189
Total Property, Plant and Equipment	$	125,290,928	$	109,357,638

Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method based on the estimated service or remaining useful lives of the various classes of depreciable assets. Depreciation expense was $6,142,980 and $6,933,640 in 2012 and 2011. The composite depreciation rates on communications plant and equipment for the two years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 were 5.4% and 6.4%. Other property and video plant is depreciated over estimated useful lives of three to twenty-five years.