Debt and Other Obligations Contractual Maturities (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Contractual Maturities [Line Items]
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount	$ 800,000,000
Long-term Debt, Gross	11,573,126,000
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount	(552,000)
Total debt and other obligations	11,573,678,000	11,594,500,000
Repayments of debt 2014 [Member]
Contractual Maturities [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal, Remainder of Fiscal Year	26,124,000
Repayments of debt 2015 [Member]
Contractual Maturities [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Two	103,831,000
Repayments of debt 2016 [Member]
Contractual Maturities [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Three	118,523,000
Repayments of debt 2017 [Domain]
Contractual Maturities [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Four	615,990,000
repayments of debt 2018 [Domain]
Contractual Maturities [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal in Year Five	979,754,000
Repayments of debt thereafter [Member]
Contractual Maturities [Line Items]
Long-term Debt, Maturities, Repayments of Principal after Year Five	9,728,904,000
Fixed Rate Securitized Debt January 2010 Tower Revenue Notes First Tranche [Member]
Contractual Maturities [Line Items]
Extinguishment of Debt, Amount	$ 300,000,000