Debt and Capital Lease Obligations (UPCB SPE Notes) (Narrative) (Details)					1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 UPCB SPE Notes [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 UPCB SPE Notes [Member] USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2010 UPCB Finance I Senior Secured Notes [Member] USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2010 UPCB Finance I Senior Secured Notes [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2013 UPCB Finance I Senior Secured Notes [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 UPCB Finance I Senior Secured Notes [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2013 UPCB Finance II Senior Secured Notes [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 UPCB Finance II Senior Secured Notes [Member] EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2013 UPCB Finance III, V & VI Senior Secured Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 UPCB Finance III Senior Secured Notes [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 UPCB Finance V Senior Secured Notes [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 UPCB Finance VI Senior Secured Notes [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 UPCB SPEs [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Special purpose financing entities, percentage owned by charitable trust															100.00%
Principal amount of debt							$ 689,500,000	€ 500,000,000	$ 1,034,200,000	€ 750,000,000		$ 1,000,000,000	$ 750,000,000	$ 750,000,000
Stated interest rate of debt							7.625%	7.625%	6.375%	6.375%		6.625%	7.25%	6.875%
Original issuance discount					0.862%	0.862%
Proceeds from issuance of senior notes					699,700,000	495,700,000
Principal amount outstanding	42,691,700,000		4,223,700,000				689,500,000	500,000,000	1,034,200,000	750,000,000		1,000,000,000	750,000,000	750,000,000
Estimated fair value	44,229,000,000	27,642,200,000	4,536,500,000	4,502,300,000			747,200,000		1,111,100,000			1,063,800,000	816,100,000	798,300,000
Carrying value	$ 42,856,000,000	$ 26,134,900,000	$ 4,219,500,000	$ 4,145,200,000			$ 685,300,000		$ 1,034,200,000			$ 1,000,000,000	$ 750,000,000	$ 750,000,000
Debt instrument, redemption rate			100.00%								103.00%
Redemption rate limit			10.00%