Revenue from Contracts with Customers

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Revenue from Contracts with Customers

Refer to Note 13, Segment Reporting, for a summary of our revenue streams, which are discussed further below.

Wireless Segment Revenue

Under our affiliate agreement with Sprint, we have historically earned and recognized monthly revenue of $1.5 million for providing service to Sprint customers who pass through our network area ("travel revenue"). While we continue to provide these services to Sprint, the agreed upon payments were suspended by Sprint on April 30, 2019. Accordingly, we have ceased recognizing revenue for the services provided after that date until a new prospective fee can be agreed. We have triggered the final dispute resolution option with Sprint which we expect will lead to a resolution for travel fee revenue in the second quarter of 2020.

Below is a summary of the Wireless segment's contract asset:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands)	2020			2019
Beginning Balance	$	84,663		$	65,674
Contract payments	18,245			18,151
Contract amortization against revenue	(16,710		)	(13,454		)
Ending Balance	$	86,198		$	70,371

Our Wireless contract asset is reduced by an estimated obligation to refund amounts that Sprint is later unable to collect from its subscribers. This refund obligation totaled $7.0 million at both March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

Broadband Segment Revenue

Below is a summary of the Broadband segment's capitalized contract acquisition costs:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands)	2020			2019
Beginning Balance	$	11,005		$	10,091
Contract payments	1,685			1,699
Contract amortization	(1,027		)	(1,381		)
Ending Balance	$	11,663		$	10,409

Future performance obligations

On March 31, 2020, the Company had approximately $3.2 million allocated to unsatisfied performance obligations that will be satisfied at the rate of approximately $0.8 million per year.