Debt (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Debt Instruments [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments

The Company’s debt consists of the following:

(dollars in millions)	September 30, 2011			December 31, 2010
Current portion of long-term debt:
Capital lease obligations and other debt	$	17.2		$	16.5
Current portion of long-term debt	17.2			16.5
Long-term debt, less current portion:
7% Senior Notes due 2015*	250.7			251.4
8 1/4% Senior Notes due 2017	500.0			500.0
8 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018	625.0			625.0
8 3/8% Senior Notes due 2020	775.0			775.0
7 1/4% Senior Notes due 2023	40.0			40.0
Various Cincinnati Bell Telephone notes	207.5			207.5
Capital lease obligations and other debt	119.7			118.5
	2,517.9			2,517.4
Net unamortized discount	(9.1		)	(10.3		)
Long-term debt, less current portion	2,508.8			2,507.1
Total debt	$	2,526.0		$	2,523.6

* The face amount of these notes has been adjusted for the unamortized called amounts received on terminated interest rate swaps.