Debt and Other Finacing Arrangements (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Debt Instruments [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments

The Company’s debt consists of the following:

	December 31,
(dollars in millions)	2018			2017
Current portion of long-term debt:
Credit Agreement - Tranche B Term Loan due 2024	$	6.0		$	6.0
Other financing arrangements	0.8			—
Capital lease obligations	13.4			12.4
Current portion of long-term debt	20.2			18.4
Long-term debt, less current portion:
Receivables Facility	176.6			—
Credit Agreement - Revolving Credit Facility	18.0			—
Credit Agreement - Tranche B Term Loan due 2024	592.5			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			350.0
Various Cincinnati Bell Telephone notes	87.9			87.9
Other financing arrangements	2.3			—
Capital lease obligations	60.5			70.5
	1,935.1			1,749.7
Net unamortized premium	1.7			1.9
Unamortized note issuance costs	(27.2		)	(22.3		)
Long-term debt, less current portion	1,909.6			1,729.3
Total debt	$	1,929.8		$	1,747.7

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

The following table summarizes our annual principal maturities of debt, other financing arrangements and capital leases for the five years subsequent to December 31, 2018, and thereafter:

				Other		Capital		Total
(dollars in millions)	Debt			financing arrangements		leases		debt
Year ended December 31,
2019	$	6.0		$	0.8	$	13.4	$	20.2
2020	6.0			1.1		10.5		17.6
2021	182.6			1.1		7.1		190.8
2022	24.0			0.1		5.0		29.1
2023	28.3			—		3.8		32.1
Thereafter	1,631.4			—		34.1		1,665.5
	1,878.3			3.1		73.9		1,955.3
Net unamortized premium	1.7			—		—		1.7
Unamortized note issuance costs	(27.2		)	—		—		(27.2		)
Total debt	$	1,852.8		$	3.1	$	73.9	$	1,929.8