Debt (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Debt Instruments [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments

The Company’s debt consists of the following:

	December 31,
(dollars in millions)	2016			2015
Current portion of long-term debt:
Corporate Credit Agreement - Tranche B Term Loan	$	—		$	5.4
Capital lease obligations and other debt	7.5			8.4
Current portion of long-term debt	7.5			13.8
Long-term debt, less current portion:
Receivables Facility	89.5			17.6
Corporate Credit Agreement - Tranche B Term Loan	315.8			522.5
8 3/8% Senior Notes due 2020	—			478.5
7 1/4% Senior Notes due 2023	22.3			26.3
7%  Senior Notes due 2024	625.0			—
Various Cincinnati Bell Telephone notes	87.9			128.7
Capital lease obligations and other debt	62.0			59.9
	1,202.5			1,233.5
Net unamortized premium (discount)	8.5			(1.7		)
Unamortized note issuance costs	(11.9		)	(8.0		)
Long-term debt, less current portion	1,199.1			1,223.8
Total debt	$	1,206.6		$	1,237.6

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, 2016, and thereafter:

				Capital		Total
(dollars in millions)	Debt			Leases		Debt
Year ended December 31,
2017	$	0.2		$	7.3	$	7.5
2018	—			6.4		6.4
2019	89.5			6.3		95.8
2020	315.8			4.4		320.2
2021	—			3.5		3.5
Thereafter	735.2			41.4		776.6
	1,140.7			69.3		1,210.0
Net unamortized premium	8.5			—		8.5
Unamortized note issuance costs	(11.9		)	—		(11.9		)
Total debt	$	1,137.3		$	69.3	$	1,206.6