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Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Oct. 02, 2012
Dec. 31, 2014
Sep. 30, 2014
Jun. 30, 2014
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Sep. 30, 2013
Jun. 30, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) [Abstract]                      
Acquisition and integration costs   $ 70,000,000ftr_AcquisitionAndIntegrationCosts $ 42,000,000ftr_AcquisitionAndIntegrationCosts $ 20,000,000ftr_AcquisitionAndIntegrationCosts $ 11,000,000ftr_AcquisitionAndIntegrationCosts $ 10,000,000ftr_AcquisitionAndIntegrationCosts     $ 141,605,000ftr_AcquisitionAndIntegrationCosts $ 9,652,000ftr_AcquisitionAndIntegrationCosts $ 81,737,000ftr_AcquisitionAndIntegrationCosts
Acquisition and integration costs, after tax   44,000,000ftr_BusinessCombinationAcquisitonAndIntegrationRelatedCostsNetOfTax 27,000,000ftr_BusinessCombinationAcquisitonAndIntegrationRelatedCostsNetOfTax 13,000,000ftr_BusinessCombinationAcquisitonAndIntegrationRelatedCostsNetOfTax 7,000,000ftr_BusinessCombinationAcquisitonAndIntegrationRelatedCostsNetOfTax 6,000,000ftr_BusinessCombinationAcquisitonAndIntegrationRelatedCostsNetOfTax          
Acquisition and integration costs, after tax effect on net income (in dollars per share)   $ 0.04ftr_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionAndIntegrationCostsAfterTaxEffectOnNetIncomePerShare $ 0.03ftr_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionAndIntegrationCostsAfterTaxEffectOnNetIncomePerShare $ 0.01ftr_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionAndIntegrationCostsAfterTaxEffectOnNetIncomePerShare $ 0.01ftr_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionAndIntegrationCostsAfterTaxEffectOnNetIncomePerShare $ 0.01ftr_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionAndIntegrationCostsAfterTaxEffectOnNetIncomePerShare          
Pension settlement costs           4,000,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanRecognizedNetGainLossDueToSettlements1 40,000,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanRecognizedNetGainLossDueToSettlements1     44,163,000us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanRecognizedNetGainLossDueToSettlements1  
Pension settlement costs, after tax           2,000,000ftr_PensionSettlementCostsAfterTax 25,000,000ftr_PensionSettlementCostsAfterTax        
Pension settlement costs after tax effect on net income (in dollars per share)             0.03ftr_PensionSettlementCostsAfterTaxEffectOnNetIncome        
Losses on early extinguishment of debt (19,000,000)us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt             160,000,000us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt   (159,780,000)us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt (90,363,000)us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt
Losses on early extinguishment of debt, net of tax               $ 99,000,000us-gaap_ExtinguishmentOfDebtGainLossNetOfTax      
Losses on early extinguishment of debt after tax effect on net income (in dollars per share)               $ 0.10us-gaap_ExtinguishmentOfDebtGainLossPerShareNetOfTax