text: The Company’s covenants on the RUS/RTB debt require the pledge of all current and future assets of the Telephone 
  subsidiary until the debt is retired. 
  
  Another external source of funding is a $0.5 million unsecured, variable rate revolving line of credit with SunTrust 
  Bank. This facility is in place to allow the Company to better manage its daily cash balances. The facility expires 
  May 31, 2004. Management anticipates renewing this facility with SunTrust Bank under similar terms and conditions. 
  At December 31, 2003 there were no balances outstanding under this facility. 
  
  Due to make-whole provisions in the Company’s debt agreements it is currently uneconomical for the Company to 
  prepay any debt. 
  
  The Company is obligated to make future payments under various contracts it has entered into, including amounts 
  pursuant to its various long-term debt facilities, and non-cancelable operating lease agreements for retail space, tower 
  space and cell sites. Expected future minimum contractual cash obligations for the next five years and in the aggregate 
  at December 30, 2003, are as follows: 
  
  Payments due by periods 
  (unaudited) 
  (unaudited) (in thousands) 
  (in thousands) 