Debt (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

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

The Company’s debt (excluding debt related to discontinued operations) consists of the following:

(dollars in millions)	March 31, 2015			December 31, 2014
Current portion of long-term debt:
Corporate Credit Agreement - Tranche B Term Loan	$	5.4		$	5.4
Capital lease obligations and other debt	7.2			6.2
Current portion of long-term debt	12.6			11.6
Long-term debt, less current portion:
Corporate Credit Agreement	—			—
Receivables facility	26.7			19.2
8 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018	300.0			300.0
Corporate Credit Agreement - Tranche B Term Loan	526.5			527.8
8 3/8% Senior Notes due 2020	661.2			661.2
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	62.9			9.9
	1,751.8			1,692.6
Net unamortized discount	(3.0		)	(3.2		)
Long-term debt, less current portion	1,748.8			1,689.4
Total debt	$	1,761.4		$	1,701.0