text: **Note 8. Related Party Transactions**
  
  ValleyNet, an equity method investee of the Company, resells capacity on the Company’s fiber network under an 
  operating lease agreement. Facility lease revenue from ValleyNet was approximately $3.1 million, $3.5 million and 
  $4.1 million in 2003, 2002 and 2001, respectively. At December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001, the Company had accounts 
  receivable from ValleyNet of approximately $0.4 million, $0.4 million and $0.4 million, respectively. The Company's 
  PCS operating subsidiary leases capacity through ValleyNet fiber facilities. Payment for usage of these facilities was 
  $0.8 million in 2003, and $1.2 million in 2002 and 2001. 
  
  Virginia Independent Telephone Alliance, (VITAL), another equity method investee of the Company, provides SS7 
  signaling services to the Company. These transactions are recorded as expense on the Company’s books and were less 
  than $30 thousand in each of the 2003, 2002 and 2001. 
  
  **Note 9. Retirement Plans**
  
  The Company maintains a noncontributory defined benefit pension plan and a separate defined contribution plan. The 
  following table presents the defined benefit plan's funded status and amounts recognized in the Company's consolidated 
  balance sheets. 