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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:    
Net Income $ 122us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 112us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:    
Depreciation and amortization 288us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization 184us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization
Non-cash compensation expense attributable to stock awards 31us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation 10us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
Accretion of debt discount and amortization of debt issuance costs 7us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCostsAndDiscounts 9us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCostsAndDiscounts
Accrued interest on long-term debt, net 22us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInInterestPayableNet 14us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInInterestPayableNet
Non-cash tax adjustments 0lvlt_Noncashtaxadjustment (5)lvlt_Noncashtaxadjustment
Deferred income taxes (10)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxesAndTaxCredits 7us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxesAndTaxCredits
Gain on sale of property, plant and equipment and other assets (1)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment (1)us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment
Other, net 21us-gaap_OtherOperatingActivitiesCashFlowStatement (12)us-gaap_OtherOperatingActivitiesCashFlowStatement
Changes in working capital items:    
Receivables (23)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivable (26)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivable
Other current assets (19)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherCurrentAssets (18)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherCurrentAssets
Accounts payable (24)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayable (69)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayable
Deferred revenue 8us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredRevenue 1us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredRevenue
Other current liabilities (117)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherCurrentLiabilities (65)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherCurrentLiabilities
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities 305us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities 141us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:    
Capital expenditures (254)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets (163)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets
Decrease in restricted cash and securities, net 1us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInRestrictedCashAndInvestments 1us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInRestrictedCashAndInvestments
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment and other assets 1lvlt_Proceedsfromsaleofpropertyplantandequipmentandotherassets 1lvlt_Proceedsfromsaleofpropertyplantandequipmentandotherassets
Other 0us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromOtherInvestingActivities (1)us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromOtherInvestingActivities
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities (252)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities (162)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivities
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:    
Long-term debt borrowings, net of issuance costs 492us-gaap_ProceedsFromDebtNetOfIssuanceCosts 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromDebtNetOfIssuanceCosts
Payments on and repurchases of long-term debt, including current portion and refinancing costs (2)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebtAndCapitalSecurities (3)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfLongTermDebtAndCapitalSecurities
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities 490us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities (3)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivities
Effect of Exchange Rates on Cash and Cash Equivalents (9)us-gaap_EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashAndCashEquivalents 0us-gaap_EffectOfExchangeRateOnCashAndCashEquivalents
Net Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents 534us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease (24)us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease
Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Period 580us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 631us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period 1,114us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 607us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:    
Cash interest paid 147us-gaap_InterestPaidNet 128us-gaap_InterestPaidNet
Income taxes paid, net of refunds 7us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaidNet 11us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaidNet
Non-cash Financing Activities:    
Capital Lease Obligations Incurred 1us-gaap_CapitalLeaseObligationsIncurred 0us-gaap_CapitalLeaseObligationsIncurred
Long-term debt conversion into equity 333lvlt_Longtermdebtconversionintoequity 0lvlt_Longtermdebtconversionintoequity
Accrued interest conversion into equity $ 10lvlt_NonCashAccruedInterestPayment $ 0lvlt_NonCashAccruedInterestPayment