Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		5 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 200,240	$ 173,634	$ 302,382	$ 563,488
Costs and Expenses:
Interest expense	70,522	66,511	115,307	204,607
Depreciation and amortization	96,723	87,271	151,715	275,448
General and administrative expense	10,191	4,229	7,390	23,619
Operating expense	15,704	5,148	8,889	30,322
Transaction related costs	9,315	804	877	24,435
Total costs and expenses	202,455	163,963	284,178	558,431
(Loss) income before income taxes	(2,215)	9,671	18,204	5,057
Income tax expense	128	268	500	899
Net (loss) income	(2,343)	9,403	17,704	4,158
Participating securities' share in earnings	(407)	(430)	(755)	(1,164)
Dividends declared on convertible preferred stock	(649)			(1,087)
Amortization of discount on convertible preferred stock	(745)			(1,241)
Net (loss) income applicable to common shareholders	$ (4,144)	$ 8,973	$ 16,949	$ 666
(Loss) earnings per common share:
Basic	$ (0.03)	$ 0.06	$ 0.11	$ 0.00
Diluted	$ (0.03)	$ 0.06	$ 0.11	$ 0.00
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding
Basic	153,878	149,834	149,831	151,578
Diluted	153,878	149,834	149,831	151,716
Dividends declared per common share	$ 0.60	$ 0.60	$ 1.04	$ 1.80
Leasing
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 169,525	$ 166,959	$ 291,131	$ 507,216
Costs and Expenses:
Depreciation and amortization	86,208	86,307	150,108	257,557
Fiber Infrastructure
Revenues:
Total revenues	25,219			38,995
Costs and Expenses:
Depreciation and amortization	9,701			15,448
Consumer CLEC
Revenues:
Total revenues	5,496	6,675	11,251	17,277
Costs and Expenses:
Depreciation and amortization	$ 814	$ 964	$ 1,607	$ 2,443