EX-23 24 dex23.htm CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Exhibit 23

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statement Nos. 333-65581 and 002-82253 on Forms S-3 and Registration Statement Nos. 333-60370, 333-60376, 333-60378, 333-60384, 333-38743, 333-38763, 333-28385, 333-28381, 333-77011, 333-143088 and 333-143089 on Forms S-8 of Cincinnati Bell Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) of our reports dated February 26, 2009 (which reports express an unqualified opinion and include an explanatory paragraph relating to the Company’s adoption of FASB Statement No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans, an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106 and 132(R), on December 31, 2006, and the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, on January 1, 2007), relating to the financial statements and financial statement schedule of the Company and the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, appearing in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2008.

 

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Cincinnati, Ohio
February 26, 2009