Debt and Other Finacing Arrangements (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Debt Instruments [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments

The Company’s debt consists of the following:

	December 31,
(dollars in millions)	2017			2016
Current portion of long-term debt:
Credit Agreement - Tranche B Term Loan due 2024	$	6.0		$	—
Capital lease obligations and other debt	12.4			7.5
Current portion of long-term debt	18.4			7.5
Long-term debt, less current portion:
Receivables Facility	—			89.5
Corporate Credit Agreement - Tranche B Term Loan due 2020	—			315.8
Credit Agreement - Tranche B Term Loan due 2024	594.0			—
7 1/4% Senior Notes due 2023	22.3			22.3
7%  Senior Notes due 2024	625.0			625.0
8% Senior Notes due 2025	350.0			—
Various Cincinnati Bell Telephone notes	87.9			87.9
Capital lease obligations and other debt	70.5			62.0
	1,749.7			1,202.5
Net unamortized premium	1.9			8.5
Unamortized note issuance costs	(22.3		)	(11.9		)
Long-term debt, less current portion	1,729.3			1,199.1
Total debt	$	1,747.7		$	1,206.6

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, 2017, and thereafter:

				Capital		Total
(dollars in millions)	Debt			Leases		Debt
Year ended December 31,
2018	$	6.0		$	12.4	$	18.4
2019	6.0			12.0		18.0
2020	6.0			9.4		15.4
2021	6.0			6.5		12.5
2022	6.0			4.9		10.9
Thereafter	1,655.2			37.7		1,692.9
	1,685.2			82.9		1,768.1
Net unamortized premium	1.9			—		1.9
Unamortized note issuance costs	(22.3		)	—		(22.3		)
Total debt	$	1,664.8		$	82.9	$	1,747.7