Debt (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block]

The Company’s debt consists of the following:

(dollars in millions)	March 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
Current portion of long-term debt:
Capital lease obligations and other debt	$	6.6		$	13.4
Current portion of long-term debt	6.6			13.4
Long-term debt, less current portion:
Receivables facility	54.0			52.0
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	683.9			683.9
CyrusOne 6 3/8% Senior Notes due 2022	—			525.0
7 1/4% Senior Notes due 2023	40.0			40.0
Various Cincinnati Bell Telephone notes	134.5			134.5
Capital lease obligations and other debt	97.1			123.1
	2,134.5			2,683.5
Net unamortized discount	(7.1		)	(7.5		)
Long-term debt, less current portion	2,127.4			2,676.0
Total debt	$	2,134.0		$	2,689.4