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Note 3 - Joint Venture (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Thousands				3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 07, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Apr. 02, 2015	Sep. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017
Additional Assets Contributed to Joint Venture				$ 75	$ 75
Joint Venture Operating Agreement, Percentage Access of Initial In-field Lit Capacity						50.00%
Variable Interest Entity, Initial Consolidation, Gain (Loss)			$ 0
Quintillion Holdings, LLC [Member]
Additional Assets Contributed to Joint Venture					$ 75
ACS Cable Systems LLC and Quintillion Holdings, LLC Joint Venture [Member]
Variable Interest Entity, Qualitative or Quantitative Information, Ownership Percentage								50.00%	50.00%
ACS Cable Systems LLC and Quintillion Holdings, LLC Joint Venture [Member] \| Quintillion Holdings, LLC [Member]
Variable Interest Entity, Qualitative or Quantitative Information, Ownership Percentage								50.00%
IRU [Member]
Assets Contributed to Joint Venture			1,844
IRU [Member] \| Quintillion Holdings, LLC [Member]
Assets Contributed to Joint Venture			922
Payments to Acquire Interest in Joint Venture			250
IRU [Member] \| ACS [Member]
Assets Contributed to Joint Venture			922
Payments to Acquire Interest in Joint Venture			250
Additional Assets Contributed to Joint Venture			$ 461
Quintillion Holdings, LLC [Member]
Sale Leaseback Transaction, Term of Contract							30 years
Sale Price of Asset Sale							$ 5,300
Proceeds from Sale of Productive Assets		$ 2,650
Fiber Optic Network [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Additions							$ 11,000
Payments to Acquire Productive Assets	$ 5,500
Sale Leaseback Transaction, Term of Contract							30 years
Sale Leaseback Transaction, Gross Proceeds, Investing Activities							$ 400