Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 211,473	$ 174,675
Costs and Expenses:
Interest expense	73,365	66,049
Depreciation and amortization	101,361	86,340
General and administrative expense	13,978	5,189
Operating expense (exclusive of depreciation, accretion and amortization)	22,125	4,707
Transaction related costs	9,684	3,910
Other expenses	11,339
Total costs and expenses	231,852	166,195
(Loss) income before income taxes	(20,379)	8,480
Income (benefit) tax expense	(379)	444
Net (loss) income	(20,000)	8,036
Participating securities' share in earnings	(387)	(355)
Dividends declared on convertible preferred stock	(656)
Amortization of discount on convertible preferred stock	(745)
Net (loss) income applicable to common shareholders	$ (21,788)	$ 7,681
(Loss) earnings per common share:
Basic	$ (0.14)	$ 0.05
Diluted	$ (0.14)	$ 0.05
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding
Basic	155,184	149,918
Diluted	155,184	149,984
Dividends declared per common share	$ 0.60	$ 0.60
Leasing
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 170,306	$ 168,613
Costs and Expenses:
Depreciation and amortization	86,506	85,403
Fiber Infrastructure
Revenues:
Total revenues	34,812
Costs and Expenses:
Depreciation and amortization	13,221
Consumer CLEC
Revenues:
Total revenues	4,927	6,034
Costs and Expenses:
Depreciation and amortization	652	814
Tower
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 1,428	$ 28