Supplemental Cash Flow Information

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Supplemental Cash Flow Information [Abstract]

Supplemental Cash Flow Information:



	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2011		2010
	(in thousands)
Cash paid for interest	$	113,313	$	134,690
Cash paid for income taxes	3,873		2,237

Non-cash investing and financing activities

The Company’s accrued purchases of property and equipment were $96.9 million and $81.8 million as of June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Included within the Company’s accrued purchases are estimates by management for construction services received based on a percentage of completion.

Assets acquired under capital lease obligations were $20.3 million and $10.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

During the six months ended June 30, 2010, the Company returned obsolete network infrastructure assets to one of its vendors in exchange for $17.8 million in credits towards the purchase of additional network infrastructure assets with the vendor.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for 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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