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Revenue Recognition (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |
Schedule of disaggregated revenue by service offering | The following tables provide our total revenue by product and service category as well as the amount of revenue that is not subject to ASC 606, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers" ("ASC 606"), but is instead governed by other accounting standards:
| Year Ended December 31, 2024
| Total Revenue |  | Adjustments for Non-ASC 606 Revenue(1) |  | Total Revenue from Contracts with Customers
| (Dollars in millions)
Other Broadband | $ | 932 |  |  | (79) |  |  | 853 |
Voice and Other | 521 |  |  | (14) |  |  | 507 |
Fiber Broadband | 377 |  |  | (12) |  |  | 365 |
Harvest | 939 |  |  | (118) |  |  | 821 |
Nurture | 357 |  |  | (8) |  |  | 349 |
Grow | 133 |  |  | (6) |  |  | 127 |
Affiliate Services | 2,249 |  |  | (48) |  |  | 2,201 |
Total revenue | $ | 5,508 |  |  | (285) |  |  | 5,223 |
Timing of revenue |  |  |  |  |
Goods and services transferred at a point in time |  |  |  |  | $ | 13 |
Services performed over time |  |  |  |  | 5,210 |
Total revenue from contracts with customers |  |  |  |  | $ | 5,223 |
| Year Ended December 31, 2023
| Total Revenue |  | Adjustments for Non-ASC 606 Revenue(1) |  | Total Revenue from Contracts with Customers
| (Dollars in millions)
Other Broadband | $ | 1,111 |  |  | (95) |  |  | 1,016 |
Voice and Other | 589 |  |  | (16) |  |  | 573 |
Fiber Broadband | 473 |  |  | (12) |  |  | 461 |
Harvest | 1,047 |  |  | (139) |  |  | 908 |
Nurture | 393 |  |  | (8) |  |  | 385 |
Grow | 143 |  |  | — |  |  | 143 |
Affiliate Services | 2,159 |  |  | (45) |  |  | 2,114 |
Total revenue | $ | 5,915 |  |  | (315) |  |  | 5,600 |
Timing of revenue |  |  |  |  |
Goods and services transferred at a point in time |  |  |  |  | $ | 23 |
Services performed over time |  |  |  |  | 5,577 |
Total revenue from contracts with customers |  |  |  |  | $ | 5,600 |
| Year Ended December 31, 2022
| Total Revenue |  | Adjustments for Non-ASC 606 Revenue(1) |  | Total Revenue from Contracts with Customers
| (Dollars in millions)
Other Broadband | $ | 1,275 |  |  | (106) |  |  | 1,169 |
Voice and Other | 691 |  |  | (31) |  |  | 660 |
Fiber Broadband | 462 |  |  | (12) |  |  | 450 |
Harvest | 1,134 |  |  | (161) |  |  | 973 |
Nurture | 435 |  |  | (9) |  |  | 426 |
Grow | 158 |  |  | (9) |  |  | 149 |
Affiliate Services | 2,294 |  |  | (45) |  |  | 2,249 |
Total revenue | $ | 6,449 |  |  | (373) |  |  | 6,076 |
Timing of revenue |  |  |  |  |
Goods and services transferred at a point in time |  |  |  |  | $ | 28 |
Services performed over time |  |  |  |  | 6,048 |
Total revenue from contracts with customers |  |  |  |  | $ | 6,076 |
_______________________________________________________________________________ (1)Includes regulatory revenue and lease revenue not within the scope of ASC 606.
Schedule of customer receivables and contract balances | The following table provides balances of customer receivables, contract assets and contract liabilities:
| As of December 31,
| 2024 |  | 2023
| (Dollars in millions)
Customer receivables, less allowance of $23 million and $29 million | $ | 205 |  |  | 210 |
Contract assets | — |  |  | 7 |
Contract liabilities | 244 |  |  | 269 |
Schedule of contract costs | The following tables provide changes in our contract acquisition costs and fulfillment costs:
| Year Ended December 31, 2024
| Acquisition Costs |  | Fulfillment Costs
| (Dollars in millions)
Beginning of period balance | $ | 58 |  |  | 46 |
Costs incurred | 32 |  |  | 34 |
Amortization | (39) |  |  | (34) |
End of period balance | $ | 51 |  |  | 46 |
| Year Ended December 31, 2023
| Acquisition Costs |  | Fulfillment Costs
| (Dollars in millions)
Beginning of period balance | $ | 61 |  |  | 46 |
Costs incurred | 43 |  |  | 38 |
Amortization | (46) |  |  | (38) |
End of period balance | $ | 58 |  |  | 46 |

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