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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
OPERATING ACTIVITIES    
Net income $ 247us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic $ 253us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:    
Depreciation and amortization 462us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization 498us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization
Deferred income taxes (93)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (87)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Provision for uncollectible accounts 23us-gaap_ProvisionForDoubtfulAccounts 11us-gaap_ProvisionForDoubtfulAccounts
Net long-term debt premium amortization (6)us-gaap_AmortizationOfDebtDiscountPremium (11)us-gaap_AmortizationOfDebtDiscountPremium
Changes in current assets and liabilities:    
Accounts receivable 8us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivable 39us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivable
Accounts payable 36us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayable 64us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayable
Accrued income and other taxes 33us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedTaxesPayable 40us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccruedTaxesPayable
Other current assets and liabilities, net 12us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherCurrentAssetsAndLiabilitiesNet 8us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherCurrentAssetsAndLiabilitiesNet
Other current assets and liabilities - affiliate 13ctq_IncreaseDecreaseinothercurrentassetsandothercurrentliabilitiesaffiliate 13ctq_IncreaseDecreaseinothercurrentassetsandothercurrentliabilitiesaffiliate
Changes in other noncurrent assets and liabilities, net (6)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherNoncurrentAssetsAndLiabilitiesNet (1)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherNoncurrentAssetsAndLiabilitiesNet
Change in affiliate obligations, net (2)ctq_IncreaseDecreaseinChangesinOtherNoncurrentAssetsandLiabilitiesRelatedParties (13)ctq_IncreaseDecreaseinChangesinOtherNoncurrentAssetsandLiabilitiesRelatedParties
Other, net 0us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingCapitalNet 2us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingCapitalNet
Net cash provided by operating activities 727us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations 816us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations
INVESTING ACTIVITIES    
Payments for property, plant and equipment and capitalized software (260)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets (226)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets
Changes in advances to affiliates (260)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInDueFromRelatedPartiesCurrent (281)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInDueFromRelatedPartiesCurrent
Net cash used in investing activities (520)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivitiesContinuingOperations (507)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivitiesContinuingOperations
FINANCING ACTIVITIES    
Net proceeds from issuance of long-term debt 99us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt
Payments of long-term debt (6)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt (14)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt
Dividends paid to Qwest Services Corporation (300)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends (300)us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends
Net cash used in financing activities (207)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivitiesContinuingOperations (314)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivitiesContinuingOperations
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 0us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease (5)us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 6us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 14us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 6us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 9us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Supplemental cash flow information:    
Income taxes paid, net (261)us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaidNet (248)us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaidNet
Interest paid (net of capitalized interest of $5 and $4) $ (99)us-gaap_InterestPaidNet $ (92)us-gaap_InterestPaidNet