Business Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

Selected financial data for the Company’s business segment information is as follows:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
(dollars in millions)	2013			2012			2013			2012
Revenue
Wireline	$	181.4		$	182.3		$	542.7		$	548.4
Wireless	49.1			59.5			154.1			185.0
IT Services and Hardware	87.5			78.3			258.0			228.8
Data Center Colocation	—			56.7			15.6			163.3
Intersegment	(7.2		)	(8.6		)	(21.9		)	(26.3		)
Total revenue	$	310.8		$	368.2		$	948.5		$	1,099.2
Intersegment revenue
Wireline	$	4.2		$	4.8		$	12.8		$	14.5
Wireless	0.5			0.5			1.7			1.7
IT Services and Hardware	2.5			1.8			7.0			5.4
Data Center Colocation	—			1.5			0.4			4.7
Total intersegment revenue	$	7.2		$	8.6		$	21.9		$	26.3
Operating income
Wireline	$	47.8		$	50.9		$	146.8		$	162.8
Wireless	7.0			12.6			19.1			43.5
IT Services and Hardware	4.4			3.8			6.6			7.2
Data Center Colocation	—			11.2			3.2			22.5
Corporate	(1.5		)	(12.5		)	(52.0		)	(23.8		)
Total operating income	$	57.7		$	66.0		$	123.7		$	212.2
Expenditures for long-lived assets
Wireline	$	41.2		$	27.8		$	114.3		$	77.5
Wireless	2.2			4.2			12.4			12.4
IT Services and Hardware	2.7			1.9			7.6			6.6
Data Center Colocation	—			41.6			7.7			146.4
Total expenditures for long-lived assets	$	46.1		$	75.5		$	142.0		$	242.9
Depreciation and amortization
Wireline	$	29.7		$	26.6		$	83.8		$	78.9
Wireless	7.4			8.1			30.7			24.0
IT Services and Hardware	2.5			2.4			7.5			6.3
Data Center Colocation	—			18.3			5.2			50.9
Corporate	0.2			—			0.4			0.1
Total depreciation and amortization	$	39.8		$	55.4		$	127.6		$	160.2
	September 30, 2013			December 31, 2012
Assets
Wireline	$	766.7		$	723.7
Wireless	252.2			275.6
IT Services and Hardware	51.8			43.3
Data Center Colocation	—			1,208.5
Corporate and eliminations	1,481.0			621.3
Total assets	$	2,551.7		$	2,872.4