Debt (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Debt Instruments [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments

The Company’s debt consists of the following:

	December 31,
(dollars in millions)	2013			2012
Current portion of long-term debt:
Corporate Credit Agreement - Tranche B Term Loan	$	5.4		$	—
Capital lease obligations and other debt	7.2			13.4
Current portion of long-term debt	12.6			13.4
Long-term debt, less current portion:
Corporate Credit Agreement	40.0			—
Receivables facility	106.2			52.0
8 1/4% Senior Notes due 2017	—			500.0
8 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018	625.0			625.0
Corporate Credit Agreement - Tranche B Term Loan	533.2			—
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	96.1			123.1
	2,258.9			2,683.5
Net unamortized discount	(6.3		)	(7.5		)
Long-term debt, less current portion	2,252.6			2,676.0
Total debt	$	2,265.2		$	2,689.4

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

The following table summarizes our annual principal maturities of debt and capital leases for the five years subsequent to December 31, 2013, and thereafter:

				Capital		Total
(dollars in millions)	Debt			Leases		Debt
Year ended December 31,
2014	$	5.7		$	6.9	$	12.6
2015	5.6			6.3		11.9
2016	111.7			6.6		118.3
2017	45.6			3.8		49.4
2018	630.4			2.9		633.3
Thereafter	1,370.0			76.0		1,446.0
	2,169.0			102.5		2,271.5
Net unamortized discount	(6.3		)	—		(6.3		)
Total debt	$	2,162.7		$	102.5	$	2,265.2