Government Assistance (Details) homeAndBusiness in Thousands, $ in Millions		1 Months Ended	5 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				43 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2025 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2023 USD ($) megabytePerSecond household county	Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($) county location gigabytePerSecond state	Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($) county location gigabytePerSecond state	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) gigabytePerSecond megabytePerSecond location State	Jul. 31, 2025 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2026 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2024 USD ($) gigabytePerSecond location	May 31, 2024 USD ($) gigabytePerSecond location county	Jun. 30, 2023 USD ($) county household	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) county household gigabytePerSecond megabytePerSecond homeAndBusiness	Jan. 01, 2022 USD ($)
Government Assistance [Line Items]
Number of states in which entity operates | state			47	47
Payments to capital expenditures				$ 22.0	$ 0.0	$ 0.0
Capital expenditures				787.8	354.8	$ 417.0
RDOF Support
Government Assistance [Line Items]
Awarded amount							$ 522.8							$ 52.3
Transaction period							10 years
Number of location in which entity operates | location							192,000
Number of states in which entity operates | State							18
Committed download speed | gigabytePerSecond							1
Committed upload speed | megabytePerSecond							500
Expected aggregate capital expenditures			$ 635.0	$ 635.0
Milestone completion, percentage			40.00%	40.00%
Proceeds from government grants received			$ 21.8
Grants receivable			4.7	$ 4.7	0.0
Capital expenditures			84.3
State USF Support
Government Assistance [Line Items]
Proceeds from government grants received			22.6
Grants receivable			5.1	5.1	0.0
Georgia State Fiscal Recovery Fund Broadband Infrastructure Program
Government Assistance [Line Items]
Awarded amount			2.2	2.2									$ 170.5
Committed download speed | gigabytePerSecond													1
Committed upload speed | gigabytePerSecond													1
Number of counties for which awards granted | county													18
Number of homes and business to which service is operated | homeAndBusiness													70
Payments to capital expenditures	$ 140.3		8.7
Capital expenditures	106.8		6.6
Government assistance, other current assets			$ 53.1	$ 53.1	$ 0.0
Government Assistance, Asset, Current, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]			Other current assets	Other current assets	Other current assets
Georgia State Fiscal Recovery Fund Broadband Infrastructure Program | Windstream
Government Assistance [Line Items]
Proceeds from government grants received								$ 93.7
Investments													$ 129.9
Georgia Capital Projects Fund (“CPF”) Program
Government Assistance [Line Items]
Awarded amount		$ 34.9
Committed download speed | megabytePerSecond		100
Committed upload speed | megabytePerSecond		100
Number of counties for which awards granted | county		4										3
Investments												$ 11.2
Payments to capital expenditures		$ 14.5	$ 5.9
Number of households to which service is operated | household		4,500										2,200
Additional award granted												$ 8.5
Government assistance, other current assets			20.4	$ 20.4	$ 0.0
Georgia Capital Projects Fund (“CPF”) Program | Windstream
Government Assistance [Line Items]
Investments		$ 2.0
Empower Rural Iowa, Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Grant
Government Assistance [Line Items]
Awarded amount													$ 10.1
Committed download speed | megabytePerSecond													100
Committed upload speed | megabytePerSecond													100
Proceeds from government grants received			$ 0.4
Number of counties for which awards granted | county			10	10
Number of households to which service is operated | household													2,300
Number of counties in which construction completed | county			7	7
Government assistance, other current assets			$ 4.5	$ 4.5	0.0
Empower Rural Iowa, Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Grant | Windstream
Government Assistance [Line Items]
Proceeds from government grants received	5.0
Investments													$ 8.7
Payments to capital expenditures	10.1
Capital expenditures	8.7
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (“NTIA”) Broadband Infrastructure Program
Government Assistance [Line Items]
Awarded amount													$ 12.7
Committed download speed | megabytePerSecond													25
Committed upload speed | megabytePerSecond													3
Investments													$ 4.7
Payments to capital expenditures	8.0		1.3
Capital expenditures	4.6		0.7
Number of households to which service is operated | household													5,400
Surety performance bond amount													$ 4.0
Government assistance, other current assets			9.3	9.3	0.0
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Broadband Infrastructure Program
Government Assistance [Line Items]
Awarded amount											$ 11.9
Number of location in which entity operates | location											2,400
Committed download speed | gigabytePerSecond											1
Proceeds from government grants received			0.1
Number of counties for which awards granted | county											3
Capital expenditures	4.2		1.8
Government assistance, other current assets			$ 5.9	$ 5.9	0.0
Matching contribution											$ 11.3
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Broadband Infrastructure Program | Forecast
Government Assistance [Line Items]
Overall project cost									$ 23.2
North Carolina Completing Access to Broadband Program
Government Assistance [Line Items]
Awarded amount										$ 6.6
Number of location in which entity operates | location										2,300
Committed download speed | gigabytePerSecond			1	1						1
Proceeds from government grants received	1.4
Number of counties for which awards granted | county			3	3
Payments to capital expenditures			$ 2.0
Capital expenditures	$ 0.5		0.8
Additional award granted			21.1	$ 21.1
Government assistance, other current assets			3.4	3.4	0.0
Matching contribution			9.4	9.4
Overall project cost			$ 37.2	$ 37.2
Number of additional counties for which awards granted | county			7	7
Number of additional location in which entity operates | location			7,000	7,000
Alachua County, Florida
Government Assistance [Line Items]
Awarded amount			$ 12.6	$ 12.6
Number of location in which entity operates | location			4,900	4,900
Committed download speed | gigabytePerSecond			1	1
Payments to capital expenditures			$ 1.9
Capital expenditures			1.6
Government assistance, other current assets			1.9	$ 1.9	$ 0.0
Matching contribution			10.4	10.4
Overall project cost			23.0	$ 23.0
Nebraska USF
Government Assistance [Line Items]
Proceeds from government grants received			$ 7.3