Liberty Broadband Corporation Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

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- Document and Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Notes Tables
Notes Details

Debt (Details)

v3.7.0.1

Debt (Details) $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended
Debt (Details) $ in Thousands	Mar. 21, 2016 USD ($) item	Oct. 30, 2014 USD ($) item	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Debt disclosures
Long-term Debt, Gross			$ 600,000	$ 600,000
Debt outstanding				198,512
Margin Loan Agreements \| Charter
Debt disclosures
Number of common shares pledged as collateral \| shares			9,500,000
Value of pledged collateral			$ 3,100,000
BroadbandSPV \| Margin Loan Agreements
Debt disclosures
Long-term Debt, Gross			$ 400,000
Interest rate basis			three-month LIBOR
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage			2.70%
BroadbandSPV \| Margin Loan Agreements \| Three-month LIBOR
Debt disclosures
Basis spread on variable rate			1.55%
BroadbandSPV \| Margin Loan Agreements \| Term loan
Debt disclosures
Unused commitment fee percentage			0.25%
BroadbandSPV \| Margin Loan Agreements \| Draw loan
Debt disclosures
Unused commitment fee percentage			0.50%
BroadbandSPV \| Margin Loan Agreements
Debt disclosures
Number of debt agreements \| item		2
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 400,000
BroadbandSPV \| 2014 Margin Loan Agreement
Debt disclosures
Long-term Debt, Gross			$ 400,000	400,000
Cheetah 5 \| Margin Loan Agreements
Debt disclosures
Long-term Debt, Gross			$ 200,000
Number of debt agreements \| item	2
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 300,000
Interest rate basis			LIBOR
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage			3.25%
Cheetah 5 \| Margin Loan Agreements \| LIBOR
Debt disclosures
Basis spread on variable rate			2.10%
Cheetah 5 \| Margin Loan Agreements \| Term loan
Debt disclosures
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 200,000
Cheetah 5 \| Margin Loan Agreements \| Draw loan
Debt disclosures
Maximum borrowing capacity			$ 100,000
Remaining borrowing capacity			100,000
Cheetah 5 \| 2016 Margin Loan Agreement
Debt disclosures
Long-term Debt, Gross			$ 200,000	$ 200,000

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