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Consolidated Statements Of Income (USD $)
In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Consolidated Statements Of Income [Abstract]      
Revenue $ 4,772,490us-gaap_Revenues $ 4,761,576us-gaap_Revenues $ 5,011,853us-gaap_Revenues
Operating expenses:      
Network access expenses 465,395us-gaap_CostOfServices 431,073us-gaap_CostOfServices 441,588us-gaap_CostOfServices
Network related expenses 1,118,427ftr_NetworkRelatedExpenses 1,083,555ftr_NetworkRelatedExpenses 1,133,692ftr_NetworkRelatedExpenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses 1,088,180us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense 1,057,513us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense 1,100,861us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Depreciation and amortization 1,138,942us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization 1,169,500us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization 1,266,807us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization
Pension settlement costs   44,163us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanRecognizedNetGainLossDueToSettlements1  
Acquisition and integration costs 141,605ftr_AcquisitionAndIntegrationCosts 9,652ftr_AcquisitionAndIntegrationCosts 81,737ftr_AcquisitionAndIntegrationCosts
Total operating expenses 3,952,549us-gaap_OperatingExpenses 3,795,456us-gaap_OperatingExpenses 4,024,685us-gaap_OperatingExpenses
Gain on sale of Mohave partnership interest   14,601us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfBusiness  
Operating income 819,941us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 980,721us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 987,168us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Investment and other income, net 38,996us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense 9,177us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense 20,132us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense
Losses on early extinguishment of debt   159,780us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt 90,363us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt
Interest expense 695,500us-gaap_InterestExpense 667,398us-gaap_InterestExpense 687,985us-gaap_InterestExpense
Income before income taxes 163,437us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 162,720us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 228,952us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Income tax expense 30,544us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 47,242us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 75,638us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income 132,893us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest 115,478us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest 153,314us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsIncludingPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Less: Income attributable to the noncontrolling interest in a partnership   2,643us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestInNetIncomeLossLimitedPartnershipsNonredeemable 16,678us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestInNetIncomeLossLimitedPartnershipsNonredeemable
Net income attributable to common shareholders of Frontier $ 132,893us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 112,835us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 136,636us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Basic net income per common share attributable to common shareholders of Frontier $ 0.13us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.11us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.14us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Diluted net income per common share attributable to common shareholders of Frontier $ 0.13us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.11us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.13us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted