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Pension and Postretirement Plans
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
General Discussion of Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]
Pension and Postretirement Plans
The Company sponsors three noncontributory defined benefit plans and a postretirement health and life insurance plan. For the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, approximately 10% of the costs were capitalized as a component of property, plant and equipment related to construction of our wireline network.
For the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, pension and postretirement benefit costs were as follows:
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
(dollars in millions)
Pension Benefits
 
Postretirement and
Other Benefits
Service cost
$
0.3

 
$
0.6

 
$
0.1

 
$
0.1

Interest cost on projected benefit obligation
4.5

 
5.2

 
0.9

 
1.3

Expected return on plan assets
(6.8
)
 
(6.1
)
 
—

 
—

Amortization of:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prior service cost (benefit)
—

 
—

 
(3.8
)
 
(3.2
)
Actuarial loss
5.3

 
6.0

 
1.3

 
1.6

       Total amortization
5.3

 
6.0

 
(2.5
)
 
(1.6
)
Benefit costs
$
3.3

 
$
5.7

 
$
(1.5
)
 
$
(0.2
)


Amortizations of prior service cost (benefit) and actuarial loss represent reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive income.

Contributions in 2014 to the Company’s pension and postretirement plans are expected to be approximately $35 million and $13 million, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2014, contributions to the pension plans were $5.0 million and contributions to the postretirement plan were $3.2 million.