UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (USD $) In Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010
Cash Flows From Operating Activities
Net income	$ 9,021	$ 15,360
Non-cash impairment charge	645	0
Depreciation	33,732	26,040
Amortization	8,423	2,887
Provision for bad debt	2,559	844
Stock based compensation expense	1,335	539
Pension settlement and curtailment expenses	0	3,964
Excess tax benefits on stock option exercises	0	(70)
Deferred income taxes	6,081	152
Net (gain) loss on disposal of equipment	(1,035)	316
Realized (gain) on sale of directory	0	(4,000)
Realized loss on disposal of investments	27	147
Unrealized (gains) losses on investments	236	(229)
Net (gain) loss from patronage and equity investments	13	67
Other	51	576
(Increase) decrease in:
Accounts receivable	(2,876)	(4,031)
Materials and supplies	1,050	707
Income taxes receivable	(3,894)	5,531
Increase (decrease) in:
Accounts payable	(4,449)	(841)
Deferred lease payable	319	237
Income taxes payable	0	512
Other prepaids, deferrals and accruals	3,283	4,989
Net cash provided by operating activities	54,521	53,697
Cash Flows From Investing Activities
Purchase and construction of property, plant and equipment	(52,505)	(33,940)
Cash paid for acquisition of business	0	(147,613)
Cash received on sale of directory	0	4,000
Cash paid to acquire prepaid subscriber rights	0	(6,884)
Proceeds from sale of assets	1,170	0
Proceeds from sale of equipment	60	503
Purchase of investment securities	(84)	(114)
Proceeds from sale of investment securities	444	54
Net cash used in investing activities	(50,915)	(183,994)
Cash Flows From Financing Activities
Principal payments on long-term debt	(9,115)	(25,595)
Amounts borrowed under debt agreements	0	189,800
Cash paid for debt issuance costs	0	(3,445)
Excess tax benefits on stock option exercises	0	70
Repurchases of stock	(92)	0
Proceeds from exercise of incentive stock options	10	557
Net cash used in financing activities	(9,197)	161,387
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	(5,591)	31,090
Cash and cash equivalents:
Beginning	27,453	12,054
Ending	21,862	43,144
Cash payments for:
Interest	5,600	2,392
Income taxes	$ 5,447	$ 5,225