Revenue Recognition (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2025

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Schedule of disaggregated revenue by service offering

The following tables provide our total revenue by product and service category as well as the amount of revenue that is not subject to ASC 606, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers" ("ASC 606"), but is instead governed by other accounting standards:

	Year Ended December 31, 2025
	Total Revenue		Adjustments for Non-ASC 606 Revenue(1)	Total Revenue from Contracts with Customers
	(Dollars in millions)
Other Broadband	$	763	(68)	695
Voice and Other	442		(2)	440
Fiber Broadband	314		(12)	302
Harvest	834		(117)	717
Nurture	330		(9)	321
Grow	130		(8)	122
Affiliate Services	1,935		(47)	1,888
Total revenue	$	4,748	(263)	4,485
Timing of revenue
Goods and services transferred at a point in time				$	10
Services performed over time				4,475
Total revenue from contracts with customers				$	4,485

	Year Ended December 31, 2024
	Total Revenue		Adjustments for Non-ASC 606 Revenue(1)	Total Revenue from Contracts with Customers
	(Dollars in millions)
Other Broadband	$	933	(79)	854
Voice and Other	516		(14)	502
Fiber Broadband	377		(12)	365
Harvest	942		(118)	824
Nurture	357		(8)	349
Grow	134		(6)	128
Affiliate Services	2,249		(48)	2,201
Total revenue	$	5,508	(285)	5,223
Timing of revenue
Goods and services transferred at a point in time				$	13
Services performed over time				5,210
Total revenue from contracts with customers				$	5,223

	Year Ended December 31, 2023
	Total Revenue		Adjustments for Non-ASC 606 Revenue(1)	Total Revenue from Contracts with Customers
	(Dollars in millions)
Other Broadband	$	1,111	(95)	1,016
Voice and Other	587		(16)	571
Fiber Broadband	473		(12)	461
Harvest	1,049		(139)	910
Nurture	393		(8)	385
Grow	143		—	143
Affiliate Services	2,159		(45)	2,114
Total revenue	$	5,915	(315)	5,600
Timing of revenue
Goods and services transferred at a point in time				$	23
Services performed over time				5,577
Total revenue from contracts with customers				$	5,600

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(1)Includes regulatory revenue and lease revenue not within the scope of ASC 606.

Schedule of customer receivables and contract balances

The following table provides balances of customer receivables, contract assets and contract liabilities, net of amounts classified as held for sale:

	December 31,
	2025		2024
	(Dollars in millions)
Customer receivables, less allowance of $30 million and $23 million(1)(2)	$	221	205
Contract liabilities(3)	225		244

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(1)Customer receivables includes affiliate receivables.

(2)As of December 31, 2025, this amount excluded $11 million of customer receivables, net associated with the disposal group classified as held for sale.

(3)     As of December 31, 2025, this amount excluded $6 million of contract liabilities associated with the disposal group classified as held for sale.

Schedule of contract costs

The following tables provide changes in our contract acquisition costs and fulfillment costs:

	Year Ended December 31, 2025			Year Ended December 31, 2024
	Acquisition Costs		Fulfillment Costs	Acquisition Costs	Fulfillment Costs
	(Dollars in millions)			(Dollars in millions)
Beginning of period balance	$	51	46	58	46
Costs incurred	20		43	32	34
Amortization	(30)		(34)	(39)	(34)
Change in contract costs held for sale	(6)		(7)	—	—
End of period balance(1)	$	35	48	51	46

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(1)    The ending balance for the year ended December 31, 2025 excluded acquisition costs and fulfillment costs associated with the disposal group classified as held for sale of $6 million and $7 million, respectively.