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Commitments and Contingencies

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Commitments and Contingencies
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies
Commitments and Contingencies

Operating Leases as Lessee
We acquired a large number of operating leases as part of the AWN transaction resulting in a material increase to our existing operating leases. A summary of incremental future minimum lease payments resulting from that transaction follows (amounts in thousands):

Years ending December 31:
 
2013
 
$
498

2014
 
3,520

2015
 
2,910

2016
 
1,970

2017
 
1,686

2018 and thereafter
 
1,664

Total minimum lease payments
$
12,248



TERRA-NW
As a requirement of NMTC #1, NMTC #2 and NMTC #3, we have guaranteed completion of TERRA-NW by December 31, 2014.  We plan to fund an additional $20.7 million for TERRA-NW.  We began construction in 2012 and expect to complete all current phases of the project in 2014.  We began offering service on Phase 1 of this new facility on January 3, 2013.

AWN Member Distribution Adjustment
As part of the AWN transaction, distributions to each member are subject to adjustment based on the number of ACS and GCI wireless subscribers, with the aggregate adjustment capped at $21.8 million for each member over the Preference Period. See Note 1(d), "Acquisition" of this Form 10-Q for further discussion of the AWN transaction.