Liberty Broadband Corporation Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Cover
- Document and Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
- Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
Notes Tables
Notes Details

Commitments and Contingencies (Details)

v3.22.4

Commitments and Contingencies (Details) $ in Millions						3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Commitments and Contingencies (Details) $ in Millions	Nov. 08, 2021 USD ($)	Oct. 18, 2021 USD ($)	May 05, 2021 USD ($)	Oct. 09, 2020 plaintiff	Oct. 10, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($) item	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Litigation settlement expense								$ 67.0	$ 95.0
Charter And Liberty Broadband Delaware Litigation
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Litigation settlement expense								38.0
Hollywood Firefighters' Pension Fund et al Versus GCI Liberty, Inc. et al
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Number of plaintiffs \| plaintiff				2
Litigation settlement expense	$ 9.0	$ 22.0	$ 110.0				$ 110.0
Insurance recoveries						$ 24.0
Number of insurance carriers \| item						5
Rural Health Care ("RHC") Program \| GCI Holdings
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Reduction of rural rate					26.00%
Reduction in support payment due to reduction of rural rate					$ 28.0
Account receivables collected									$ 175.0
Rural Health Care ("RHC") Program \| GCI Holdings \| Trade and other receivable
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Net accounts receivable								80.0
GCI Holdings \| Rural Health Care ("RHC") Program
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Litigation settlement expense								15.0
Estimated Litigation Liability								27.0		$ 12.0
GCI Holdings \| Minimum \| Rural Health Care ("RHC") Program
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Potential additional loss								0.0
GCI Holdings \| Maximum \| Rural Health Care ("RHC") Program
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Potential additional loss								30.0
GCI Holdings \| Rural Health Care ("RHC") Program
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Litigation settlement expense								14.0
Estimated Litigation Liability								$ 14.0

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