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Commitments and Contingencies</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">We are involved in certain contractual disputes in the ordinary course of business, but do not believe the resolution of any of these existing matters will have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">In August 2010, we were awarded a National Telecommunications Information Administration ("NTIA") Broadband Technology Opportunities Program ("BTOP") grant to extend our middle mile fiber-optic network across greater Minnesota with the potential to connect health care facilities, schools, libraries, higher education institutions and public offices with an advanced high-capacity broadband network. The original project plan projected total costs of $24,000,000 of capital expenditures of which $16,800,000 is to be funded by the NTIA grant. Our investment in the project was anticipated to be approximately $7,200,000 or 30% of the estimated total project cost. Total project costs incurred through June 30, 2013 are $20,368,000. Due to scope revisions and effective cost management, we anticipate completing the project at a total cost of approximately $22,000,000 to $23,000,000 reducing our investment to approximately $6,600,000 to $6,900,000. We began capitalizing costs associated with this project in 2010 and began receiving grant funds in June 2011.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">The following table provides an overview of the capital expenditures incurred on or received from the program.</div><div><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><tr><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom;"><div> </div></td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td colspan="10" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: center; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">Project Activity</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: center; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">Project</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: left; font-style: italic; text-indent: -7.2pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; margin-left: 7.2pt; font-size: 10pt;">(Dollars in thousands)</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: center; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">YTD June 30, 2013</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: center; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">2012</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: center; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">2011</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; padding-bottom: 2px; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: center; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">Total</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: #000000 2px solid; text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2px; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 52%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: -7.2pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; margin-left: 7.2pt; font-size: 10pt;">Capital expenditures incurred</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">623</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">7,081</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">12,664</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">20,368</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 52%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: -7.2pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; margin-left: 7.2pt; font-size: 10pt;">NTIA reimbursements received</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">831</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">5,745</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">6,945</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">13,521</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 52%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div> </div></td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #cceeff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #cceeff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td></tr><tr><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 52%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="text-align: left; text-indent: -7.2pt; font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; margin-left: 7.2pt; font-size: 10pt;">Capital expenditures pending reimbursement</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">725</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">1,100</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">$</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: right; background-color: #ffffff; width: 9%; vertical-align: bottom;"><div style="font-family: ''Times New Roman'', Times, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;">1,920</div></td><td nowrap="nowrap" valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="background-color: #ffffff; width: 1%; vertical-align: bottom;"> </td><td valign="bottom" style="text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; 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