| **Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows and Supplemental Disclosure**         | 9 Months Ended                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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| Cash Flow Supplemental Disclosures Text Block                                | (2)       Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Supplemental Disclosures

       Changes in operating assets and liabilities consist of (amounts in thousands):

 
 Nine month period ended September 30, 2011 2010   Increase in accounts receivable$ (42,901)  (23,482)   Increase in prepaid expenses  (2,484)  (1,563)   (Increase) decrease in inventories  (2,145)  1,343   Decrease in other current assets  282  646   Decrease in other assets  2,617  2,193   Increase in accounts payable  10,517  5,430   Increase in deferred revenues  1,287  1,057   Increase (decrease) in accrued payroll and payroll related  obligations  (2,057)  96   Increase (decrease) in accrued liabilities  (1,338)  3,030   Increase in accrued interest  8,513  2,093   Increase (decrease) in subscriber deposits  33  (344)   Decrease in long-term deferred revenue  (575)  (1,932)   Decrease in components of other long-term  liabilities  (1,948)  (500)    $ (30,199)  (11,933) 
The following items are for the nine months endedSeptember 30, 2011 and 2010 (amounts in thousands):

 
 Net cash paid or received: 2011 2010  Interest paid, net of amounts capitalized$ 42,654  49,363  Income tax refund received$ -  1,163
The following items are non-cash investing and financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 (amounts in thousands):

 
   2011 2010  Non-cash additions for purchases of property and  equipment$ 11,481  3,547  Asset retirement obligation additions to property and  equipment $ 222  657  Asset retirement obligation reductions to property and  equipment for revisions to previous estimates$ 294  -  |

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Designated to encapsulate the entire footnote disclosure that provides information on the supplemental cash flow activities, including cash, noncash, and part noncash transactions, for the period. Noncash is defined as information about all investing and financing activities of an enterprise during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period.
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