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Long-lived Assets
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]  
Long-lived Assets Long-lived Assets
Property and Equipment, Net
        
The details of our property and equipment and the related accumulated depreciation are set forth below:
Estimated
useful life at
December 31, 2021		December 31,
20212020
 in millions
Distribution systems
3 to 30 years
$9,472.8 $9,646.4 
Customer premises equipment
3 to 7 years
1,279.2 1,447.7 
Support equipment, buildings and land
3 to 33 years
4,310.5 4,366.7 
Total property and equipment, gross
15,062.5 15,460.8 
Accumulated depreciation
(8,081.0)(7,834.2)
Total property and equipment, net
$6,981.5 $7,626.6 

Depreciation expense related to our property and equipment was $1,883.2 million, $2,053.0 million and $3,021.6 million during 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

During 2021, 2020 and 2019, we recorded non-cash increases to our property and equipment related to vendor financing arrangements (including amounts related to the U.K. JV Entities through the closing of the U.K. JV Transaction) of $661.1 million, $1,339.6 million and $1,710.7 million, respectively, which exclude related VAT of $84.7 million, $226.6 million and $283.7 million, respectively, that were also financed under these arrangements.

Goodwill

Changes in the carrying amount of our goodwill during 2021 are set forth below:
January 1,
2021		Acquisitions
and related
adjustments		Foreign currency translation adjustments and other December 31,
2021
 in millions
Switzerland$6,816.0 $18.6 $(244.1)$6,590.5 
Belgium2,783.7 (0.8)(191.1)2,591.8 
Ireland296.2 — (20.3)275.9 
Central and Other69.8 — (4.6)65.2 
Total$9,965.7 $17.8 $(460.1)$9,523.4 

If, among other factors, (i) our equity values were to decline or (ii) the adverse impacts of economic, competitive, regulatory or other factors were to cause our results of operations or cash flows to be worse than anticipated, we could conclude in future periods that impairment charges are required in order to reduce the carrying values of our goodwill and, to a lesser extent, other long-lived assets. Any such impairment charges could be significant.
Changes in the carrying amount of our goodwill during 2020 are set forth below:
January 1,
2020		Acquisitions
and related
adjustments		Reclassification to assets held for sale (a)Foreign
currency
translation
adjustments and other		December 31,
2020
 in millions
Switzerland$2,953.2 $3,465.7 $— $397.1 $6,816.0 
Belgium2,576.1 6.7 — 200.9 2,783.7 
U.K.7,693.3 — (7,918.5)225.2 — 
Ireland272.1 — — 24.1 296.2 
Central and Other63.6 0.6 — 5.6 69.8 
Total$13,558.3 $3,473.0 $(7,918.5)$852.9 $9,965.7 
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(a)Represents goodwill of the U.K. JV Entities. For additional information regarding the held-for-sale presentation of the U.K. JV Entities, see note 6.

Intangible Assets Subject to Amortization, Net

The details of our intangible assets subject to amortization are set forth below: 
Estimated useful life at December 31, 2021December 31, 2021December 31, 2020
Gross carrying amountAccumulated amortizationNet carrying amountGross carrying amountAccumulated amortizationNet carrying amount
 in millions
Customer relationships
5 to 11 years
$2,336.2 $(602.2)$1,734.0 $2,411.6 $(237.5)$2,174.1 
Other
2 to 15 years
1,034.3 (425.8)608.5 1,072.1 (366.3)705.8 
Total$3,370.5 $(1,028.0)$2,342.5 $3,483.7 $(603.8)$2,879.9 

Amortization expense related to intangible assets with finite useful lives was $470.5 million, $174.2 million and $524.7 million during 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Based on our amortizable intangible asset balances at December 31, 2021, we expect that amortization expense will be as follows for the next five years and thereafter (in millions):  

2022$440.0 
2023427.1 
2024416.4 
2025412.4 
2026375.8 
Thereafter270.8 
Total$2,342.5