Commitments and Contingencies (Details Textual) (USD $)	9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Nov. 01, 2013 Subsequent Event	Sep. 30, 2013 Claims reserve	Sep. 30, 2013 Other purposes	Sep. 30, 2013 New Hampshire Broadband build-out	Sep. 30, 2013 Vermont Broadband build-out
Restricted Cash [Abstract]
Restricted cash	$ 2,300,000		$ 100,000	$ 600,000	$ 1,600,000
Increase (decrease) in restricted cash			600,000		1,700,000	2,800,000
Magnitude of Bankruptcy Claims [Abstract]
Claims filed with Bankruptcy Court against company	4,900,000,000
Amount of bankruptcy claims settled		3,800,000,000
Claims disallowed by court		1,100,000,000
Claims withdrawn by creditors		15,200,000
Claims disallowed and appealed by claimant		$ 200,000