Shareholders' Equity And Puttable Common Stock (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013 Preferred Stock $100 Par Value [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Preferred Stock $100 Par Value [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Preferred Stock $0.01 Par Value [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Preferred Stock $0.01 Par Value [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Alteva, LLC [Member]	Oct. 21, 2011 Alteva, LLC [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Common stock, authorized shares	10,000,000	10,000,000
Common stock, par value	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred shares, authorized shares					5,000	5,000	10,000,000	10,000,000
Preferred shares, par value					$ 100	$ 100	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, issued shares	6,970,626	6,576,542								272,479
Preferred stock, dividend rate per annum	5.00%
Preferred stock, dividends per share	$ 0.54	$ 1.08	$ 1.04
Puttable common stock, shares sold				247,331
Puttable common stock, shares acquired									25,148