WINDSTREAM HOLDINGS, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($)			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Nov. 01, 2018	Aug. 02, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Revenues and sales:
Revenues and sales:				$ 1,238,200,000	$ 1,270,100,000	$ 1,286,500,000	$ 1,320,600,000	$ 1,393,800,000	$ 1,420,600,000	$ 1,444,400,000	$ 1,454,300,000	$ 5,115,400,000	$ 5,713,100,000	$ 5,852,900,000
Costs and expenses:
Selling, general and administrative												756,700,000	889,000,000.0	896,100,000
Depreciation and amortization												1,068,200,000	1,526,700,000	1,470,000,000.0
Goodwill impairment	$ 0					373,300,000	2,339,000,000.0					2,712,300,000	0	1,840,800,000
Merger, integration and other costs												8,300,000	31,900,000	137,400,000
Restructuring charges												28,500,000	45,000,000.0	43,000,000.0
Total costs and expenses												7,992,900,000	5,416,500,000	7,443,500,000
Operating (loss) income				(38,800,000)	(34,500,000)	(422,900,000)	(2,381,300,000)	63,700,000	75,600,000	88,300,000	69,000,000.0	(2,877,500,000)	296,600,000	(1,590,600,000)
Other expense, net												(7,800,000)	(4,900,000)	(2,300,000)
Gain on sale of Consumer CLEC business												0	145,400,000	0
Net gain (loss) on early extinguishment of debt		$ 190,300,000							190,300,000			0	190,300,000	(56,400,000)
Reorganization items, net				(41,100,000)	(29,200,000)	(85,400,000)	(104,900,000)					(260,600,000)	0	0
Interest expense (contractual interest for the year ended December 31, 2019 of $493.2)			$ (13,800,000)									(331,900,000)	(901,300,000)	(875,400,000)
Loss before income taxes												(3,477,800,000)	(273,900,000)	(2,524,700,000)
Income tax benefit (expense)												320,000,000.0	(449,100,000)	408,100,000
Net loss				$ (187,900,000)	$ (115,500,000)	$ (544,100,000)	$ (2,310,300,000)	$ (549,200,000)	$ 41,300,000	$ (93,700,000)	$ (121,400,000)	$ (3,157,800,000)	$ (723,000,000.0)	$ (2,116,600,000)
Basic and diluted loss per share:
Net loss (in dollars per share)				$ (4.41)	$ (2.71)	$ (12.76)	$ (54.26)	$ (12.92)	$ 0.97	$ (2.30)	$ (3.25)	$ (74.06)	$ (17.72)	$ (62.66)
Service
Revenues and sales:
Revenues and sales:												$ 5,023,600,000	$ 5,637,200,000	$ 5,759,700,000
Costs and expenses:
Cost of services and products sold												3,341,300,000	2,854,800,000	2,962,700,000
Product and fiber sales
Revenues and sales:
Revenues and sales:												91,800,000	75,900,000	93,200,000
Costs and expenses:
Cost of services and products sold												$ 77,600,000	$ 69,100,000	$ 93,500,000