Debt (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Debt Instruments [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments

The Company’s debt consists of the following:

	December 31,
(dollars in millions)	2014			2013
Current portion of long-term debt:
Corporate Credit Agreement - Tranche B Term Loan	$	5.4		$	5.4
Capital lease obligations and other debt	7.8			7.2
Current portion of long-term debt	13.2			12.6
Long-term debt, less current portion:
Corporate Credit Agreement	—			40.0
Receivables facility	19.2			106.2
8 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018	300.0			625.0
Corporate Credit Agreement - Tranche B Term Loan	527.8			533.2
8 3/8% Senior Notes due 2020	661.2			683.9
7 1/4% Notes due 2023	40.0			40.0
Various Cincinnati Bell Telephone notes	134.5			134.5
Capital lease obligations and other debt	91.5			96.1
	1,774.2			2,258.9
Net unamortized discount	(3.2		)	(6.3		)
Long-term debt, less current portion	1,771.0			2,252.6
Total debt	$	1,784.2		$	2,265.2

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, 2014, and thereafter:

				Capital		Total
(dollars in millions)	Debt			Leases		Debt
Year ended December 31,
2015	$	6.0		$	7.2	$	13.2
2016	25.1			6.8		31.9
2017	5.5			4.2		9.7
2018	305.4			3.3		308.7
2019	5.4			3.7		9.1
Thereafter	1,341.9			72.9		1,414.8
	1,689.3			98.1		1,787.4
Net unamortized discount	(3.2		)	—		(3.2		)
Total debt	$	1,686.1		$	98.1	$	1,784.2