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Long-Term Debt and Credit Facilities Long-Term Debt and Credit Facilities (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Millions						9 Months Ended
	Sep. 15, 2016	Aug. 29, 2016	Aug. 22, 2016	Apr. 06, 2016	Jan. 29, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 19, 2016	Jun. 01, 2016	May 02, 2016
Long-term Debt and Credit Facilities
Loss on early retirement of debt						$ 27	$ 0
Qwest Corporation \| Senior notes \| 6.5% Notes due 2056
Long-term Debt and Credit Facilities
Debt instrument, face amount			$ 978
Stated interest rate (percent)			6.50%
Debt instrument, face amount, over-allotment			$ 128
Proceeds from debt, net of issuance costs			$ 946
Qwest Corporation \| Senior notes \| 7.00% Notes due 2056
Long-term Debt and Credit Facilities
Debt instrument, face amount					$ 235
Stated interest rate (percent)					7.00%
Proceeds from debt, net of issuance costs					$ 227
Qwest Corporation \| Senior notes \| 7.5% Notes due 2051
Long-term Debt and Credit Facilities
Stated interest rate (percent)	7.50%
Debt instrument, repurchased face amount	$ 287
Loss on early retirement of debt	$ 9
Qwest Corporation \| Senior notes \| 7.375% Notes Due 2051
Long-term Debt and Credit Facilities
Stated interest rate (percent)		7.375%
Debt instrument, repurchased face amount		$ 661
Loss on early retirement of debt		$ 18
Qwest Corporation \| Senior notes \| 8.375% Notes due 2016
Long-term Debt and Credit Facilities
Stated interest rate (percent)										8.375%
Debt instrument, repurchased face amount										$ 235
CenturyLink, Inc. \| Senior notes \| 7.5% Notes due 2024
Long-term Debt and Credit Facilities
Debt instrument, face amount				$ 1,000
Stated interest rate (percent)				7.50%
Proceeds from debt, net of issuance costs				$ 988
Embarq Corporation \| Senior notes
Long-term Debt and Credit Facilities
Stated interest rate (percent)						7.995%
Embarq Corporation \| Senior notes \| 7.082% Notes due 2016
Long-term Debt and Credit Facilities
Stated interest rate (percent)									7.082%
Debt instrument, repurchased face amount									$ 1,184
Embarq Corporation \| First mortgage bonds \| 8.77% Notes due 2017
Long-term Debt and Credit Facilities
Stated interest rate (percent)								8.77%
Debt instrument, repurchased face amount								$ 4