Commitments and Contingencies

(a) Leases

The Company currently leases real estate and fleet vehicles under capital and operating leases expiring through the year ending 2023. The Company accounts for leases using the straight-line method, which amortizes contracted total payments evenly over the lease term.

Future minimum lease payments under capital leases and non-cancelable operating leases as of December 31, 2014 are as follows (in thousands):



	Capital Leases			Operating Leases
Year ending December 31:
2015	$	700		$	7,484
2016	586			5,568
2017	394			4,182
2018	161			2,294
2019	68			851
Thereafter	—			702
Total minimum lease payments	$	1,909		$	21,081
Less: interest and executory cost	(320		)
Present value of minimum lease payments	1,589
Less: current installments	(627		)
Long-term obligations at December 31, 2014	$	962

Total rent expense was $13.3 million, $12.5 million and $12.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

The Company does not have any leases with contingent rental payments or any leases with contingency renewal, purchase options, or escalation clauses.

(b) Legal Proceedings

From time to time, the Company is involved in litigation and regulatory proceedings arising out of its operations. The Company's management believes that it is not currently a party to any legal or regulatory proceedings, the adverse outcome of which, individually or in the aggregate, would have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial position or results of operations. Notwithstanding that the Company emerged from Chapter 11 protection on the Effective Date, one creditor's claim is still being litigated.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company is a defendant in approximately 16 lawsuits filed by two long distance communications companies, who have collectively filed over 60 lawsuits arising from switched access charges for calls originating and terminating within the same wireless major trading area. At this time, an estimate of the impact, if any, of these lawsuits cannot be made.

As of December 31, 2014, the Company had $0.7 million of restricted cash, which is restricted for regulatory purposes and is included in long-term restricted cash on the balance sheet. As of December 31, 2013, the Company had $1.2 million of restricted cash, of which $0.1 million was from the reserve for payment of outstanding bankruptcy claims (the "Cash Claims Reserve") established on the Effective Date, $0.4 million was reserved for broadband build-out in New Hampshire and $0.7 million was restricted for other purposes. During 2013, $0.6 million of the Cash Claims Reserve was released due to favorable resolution of claims, $2.8 million of restricted cash reserved for broadband build-out in Vermont was utilized and $2.9 million of restricted cash reserved for broadband build-out in New Hampshire was utilized.

(d) Magnitude of Bankruptcy Claims

Claims totaling $4.9 billion were filed with the Bankruptcy Court against the Company. As of February 27, 2015, through the claim resolution process, $3.8 billion of these claims have been settled and $1.1 billion of these claims have been disallowed by the Bankruptcy Court. Additionally, $15.2 million of these claims have been withdrawn by the respective creditors. There is one tax claimant that still has pending claims in the amount of $0.2 million that were remanded back to the state court or have been disallowed and have been appealed by the claimant for the second time.