Debt (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Debt Instruments [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments

The Company’s debt consists of the following:

	December 31,
(dollars in millions)	2015			2014
Current portion of long-term debt:
Corporate Credit Agreement - Tranche B Term Loan	$	5.4		$	5.4
Capital lease obligations and other debt	8.4			6.2
Current portion of long-term debt	13.8			11.6
Long-term debt, less current portion:
Receivables Facility	17.6			19.2
8 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018	—			300.0
Corporate Credit Agreement - Tranche B Term Loan	522.5			527.8
8 3/8% Senior Notes due 2020	478.5			661.2
7 1/4% Notes due 2023	26.3			40.0
Various Cincinnati Bell Telephone notes	128.7			134.5
Capital lease obligations and other debt	59.9			9.9
	1,233.5			1,692.6
Net unamortized discount	(1.7		)	(3.2		)
Long-term debt, less current portion	1,231.8			1,689.4
Total debt	$	1,245.6		$	1,701.0

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, 2015, and thereafter:

				Capital		Total
(dollars in millions)	Debt			Leases		Debt
Year ended December 31,
2016	$	5.9		$	7.9	$	13.8
2017	5.6			5.0		10.6
2018	23.0			4.0		27.0
2019	5.4			3.8		9.2
2020	984.8			2.6		987.4
Thereafter	155.0			44.3		199.3
	1,179.7			67.6		1,247.3
Net unamortized discount	(1.7		)	—		(1.7		)
Total debt	$	1,178.0		$	67.6	$	1,245.6