Acquisition

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Acquisition [Abstract]

Acquisition

Note 3. Acquisition

On March 1, 2012, we purchased all of the capital stock of IdeaOne Telecom for a purchase price of $28,180,000 expanding our business and broadband services in the Fargo, North Dakota market. The acquisition was funded with existing liquidity through cash reserves of $6,180,000 and $22,000,000 of term loan debt which is integrated with our senior credit facility.

The table below sets forth the provisional IdeaOne Telecom purchase price allocation. The purchase price allocation resulted in goodwill of $1,731,000. The fair value of the property and equipment, intangible assets and other assets and liabilities was determined based on level 3 inputs.

(Dollars in thousands)	2012
Property and equipment	$	23,077
Accounts receivable		310
Identifiable intangible assets:
Customer relationships and contracts		3,200
Trade name		100
Goodwill		1,731
Other assets		273
Liabilities		(511	)
Allocation of purchase consideration	$	28,180

Goodwill from our acquisition is a result of the value of acquired employees along with the expected synergies from the combination of IdeaOne Telecom and our operations. IdeaOne Telecom operations have been integrated with and goodwill will be recorded within our Fiber and Data Segment. Goodwill resulting from this acquisition is deductible for tax purposes.

Of the identified intangible assets above, customer relationships and contracts have useful lives between four and seven years and the trade name has a useful life of two years. Useful lives for identifiable intangible assets were estimated at the time of the acquisition based on the period of time from which we expect to derive benefits from the identifiable intangible assets. The identifiable intangible assets are amortized using the straight-line method, which reflects the pattern in which the assets are consumed.

Acquisition related expenses of $510,000 were reflected in selling, general and administrative expenses in results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2011. In the three months ended March 31, 2012, acquisition related expenses were insignificant and are reflected in selling, general and administrative expenses. The Company has expensed all acquisition related costs except those related to the incremental debt. The costs incurred related to the incremental term debt financing have been capitalized and are amortized over the life of the debt facility using the effective interest rate method.