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Earnings Per Share: Additional Information (Details) (Windstream Holdings, Inc., Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation and Reverse Stock Split)
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Apr. 26, 2015
Windstream Holdings, Inc. | Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation and Reverse Stock Split
  
Share conversion factor - post stock split 1win_NumberofWIndstreamHoldingsInc.CommonSharesAfterReverseStockSplit
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= win_WindstreamHoldingsInc.Domain
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= win_ReverseStockSplitDomain
Share conversion factor - pre stock split 6win_NumberofWindstreamHoldingsInc.CommonSharesBeforeReverseStockSplit
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= win_WindstreamHoldingsInc.Domain
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= win_ReverseStockSplitDomain