Long-Term Debt and Revolving Promissory Note (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of long-term debt, including unamortized discounts and premiums

Long-term debt, including unamortized premiums and discounts, unamortized debt issuance costs and note payable-affiliate, were as follows:

			As of December 31,
	Interest Rates	Maturities	2019			2018
			(Dollars in millions)
Senior notes	6.125% - 7.75%	2021 - 2057	$	5,956		5,956
Term loan (1)	LIBOR + 2.00%	2025	100			100
Finance leases	Various	Various	10			21
Unamortized (discounts) premiums, net			—			(1	)
Unamortized debt issuance costs			(115		)	(117	)
Total long-term debt			5,951			5,959
Less current maturities			(1,105		)	(11	)
Long-term debt, excluding current maturities			$	4,846		5,948
Note payable-affiliate	5.843%	2022	$	1,069		1,008

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⁽¹⁾ Qwest Corporation's Term Loan had an interest rate of 3.800% as of December 31, 2019 and 4.530% as of December 31, 2018.

Schedule of aggregate maturities of the entity's long-term debt (excluding unamortized premiums, discounts, and other)

Set forth below is the aggregate principal amount of our long-term debt (excluding unamortized premiums and discounts and unamortized debt issuance costs and excluding note payable-affiliate) maturing during the following years:

	(Dollars in millions)(1)
2020	$	1,105
2021	951
2022	1
2023	—
2024	1
2025 and thereafter	4,008
Total long-term debt	$	6,066

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(1) Actual principal paid in any year may differ due to the possible future refinancing of outstanding debt or the issuance of new debt,

see subsequent event.

Schedule of amount of gross interest expense, net of capitalized interest and interest expense (income)-affiliates

Interest expense includes interest on total long-term debt. The following table presents the amount of gross interest expense, net of capitalized interest and interest expense-affiliates, net:

	Years Ended December 31,
	2019			2018		2017
	(Dollars in millions)
Interest expense:
Gross interest expense	$	407		472		497
Capitalized interest	(27		)	(24	)	(32	)
Total interest expense	$	380		448		465
Interest expense-affiliates, net	$	62		57		63