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Property, Plant and Equipment, Net
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net  
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

4. Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment consist of the following:

December 31, 

December 31, 

    

2021

    

2020

(in millions)

Distribution facilities

$

1,238.3

$

1,148.8

Customer premise equipment

 

267.7

 

266.2

Head-end equipment

 

228.5

 

209.5

Telephony infrastructure

 

52.4

 

52.5

Computer equipment and software

 

132.5

 

102.5

Vehicles

 

23.7

 

22.7

Buildings and leasehold improvements

 

32.1

 

31.0

Office and technical equipment

 

18.9

 

18.7

Land

 

4.4

 

4.4

Construction in progress (including material inventory and other)

 

34.9

 

32.8

Total property, plant and equipment

 

2,033.4

 

1,889.1

Less accumulated depreciation

 

(1,311.1)

 

(1,168.2)

$

722.3

$

720.9

Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 was $168.9 million, $150.1 million, and $131.6 million, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company wrote-off $2.1 million of obsolete assets which is included in the loss (gain) on sale of operating assets, net. The Company recognized insignificant asset write-offs for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.