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Dividends on common stock (Details) (USD $)
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Mar. 26, 2015
Dec. 12, 2014
Sep. 19, 2014
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Jun. 12, 2015
Dividends on common stock                                                  
Capital Program Amount                       $ 12,000,000ccoi_ApprovedReturnOfCapitalProgramQuarterlyPaymentAmount $ 12,000,000ccoi_ApprovedReturnOfCapitalProgramQuarterlyPaymentAmount $ 12,000,000ccoi_ApprovedReturnOfCapitalProgramQuarterlyPaymentAmount $ 10,500,000ccoi_ApprovedReturnOfCapitalProgramQuarterlyPaymentAmount $ 10,500,000ccoi_ApprovedReturnOfCapitalProgramQuarterlyPaymentAmount $ 10,500,000ccoi_ApprovedReturnOfCapitalProgramQuarterlyPaymentAmount $ 10,000,000ccoi_ApprovedReturnOfCapitalProgramQuarterlyPaymentAmount              
Dividends declared per common share (in dollars per share)                       $ 0.35us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.31us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.30us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.17us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.39us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.37us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.14us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.13us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.12us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.11us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.10us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared      
Stock Buyback Amount During the Period                       8,119,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodValue 10,555,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodValue 15,943,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodValue 17,888,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodValue 14,196,000us-gaap_StockRepurchasedDuringPeriodValue                  
Dividends paid 16,001,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends 14,190,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends 13,792,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends 7,882,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends 18,352,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends 17,206,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends 6,512,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends 6,145,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends 5,489,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends 5,012,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends 4,537,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends 16,001,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends       18,352,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends                  
Payment Under Capital Program Paid As Dividend                       1,357,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfCapitalDistribution       10,707,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfCapitalDistribution 10,186,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfCapitalDistribution                
Amount Per Share Paid As Dividends Under the Capital Program                       $ 0.03ccoi_DividendPerShareCashPaidCapitalProgram       $ 0.23ccoi_DividendPerShareCashPaidCapitalProgram $ 0.22ccoi_DividendPerShareCashPaidCapitalProgram                
Minimum                                                  
Dividends on common stock                                                  
Capital Program Amount           10,000,000ccoi_ApprovedReturnOfCapitalProgramQuarterlyPaymentAmount
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                    12,000,000ccoi_ApprovedReturnOfCapitalProgramQuarterlyPaymentAmount
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Subsequent Event                                                  
Dividends on common stock                                                  
Regular quarterly dividend (in dollars per share)                                             0.42ccoi_CommonStockDividendPerShareDeclaredRegularQuarterly
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Amount Per Share Paid As Dividends Under the Capital Program                                               $ 0.09ccoi_DividendPerShareCashPaidCapitalProgram
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Subsequent Event | Expected                                                  
Dividends on common stock                                                  
Expected value of dividend to be paid                                                 19,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfOrdinaryDividends
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Payment Under Capital Program Paid As Dividend                                               $ 3,900,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfCapitalDistribution
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