Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block] | 1. Organization and Basis of Financial Reporting Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Otelco Inc. (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries, all of which are either directly or indirectly wholly owned. These include: Blountsville Telephone LLC (“BTC”); Brindlee Mountain Telephone LLC (“BMTC”); CRC Communications LLC (“CRC”); Granby Telephone LLC (“GTT”); Hopper Telecommunications LLC (“HTC”); Mid-Maine Telecom LLC (“MMTI”); Mid-Maine TelPlus LLC (“MMTP”); Otelco Mid-Missouri LLC (“MMT”) and its wholly owned subsidiary I-Land Internet Services LLC; Otelco Telecommunications LLC (“OTC”); Otelco Telephone LLC (“OTP”); Pine Tree Telephone LLC (“PTT”); Saco River Telephone LLC (“SRT”); Shoreham Telephone LLC (“ST”); and War Telephone LLC (“WT”). The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and all of the aforesaid subsidiaries after elimination of all material intercompany balances and transactions. The unaudited operating results for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2015 or any other period. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes included in this Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014. The interim condensed consolidated financial information herein is unaudited. The information reflects all adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position and results of operations for the periods included in the report. Recent Accounting Pronouncements During 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2015-01 through 2015-11. Except for ASU 2015-03, 2015-05 and 2015-11, which are discussed below, these ASUs provide technical corrections or simplification to existing guidance and to specialized industries or entities and therefore have minimal, if any , impact on the Company. In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, a guidance that simplifies the presentation of debt issuance costs by amending the accounting guidance to require that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the related debt liability. The amendments are consistent with the accounting guidance related to debt discounts. This guidance is effective for the first interim or annual period beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is permitted, and the Company is currently assessing the impact of this guidance on its condensed consolidated financial statements. In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-05, which provides guidance regarding whether a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license (FASB Accounting Standard Codification Subtopic 350-40). If a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license, then the entity should account for the software license element of the arrangement consistent with the acquisition of other software licenses. If a cloud computing arrangement does not include a software license, the entity should account for the arrangement as a service contract. The guidance will not change accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) for an entity’s accounting for service contracts. This pronouncement is effective for fiscal years, including interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this guidance on its condensed consolidated financial statements. In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-11, a guidance intended to simplify the accounting for inventory. Prior to the ASU, U.S. GAAP required an entity to measure inventory at the lower of cost or market. This pronouncement changed the measurement of inventory to the lower of cost or net realizable value. Net realizable value is the estimated selling prices in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation. Methods excluded from the scope of this ASU are the last-in, first-out or the retail inventory method and they will continue to be measured at the lower of cost or market. The amendments are effective for public business entities for fiscal years, and for interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2016. Early adoption is permitted , and the Company is currently assessing the impact of this guidance on its condensed consolidated financial statements. In July 2015, the FASB confirmed a one-year delay in the effective date of ASU 2014-09, making the effective date for the Company the first quarter of fiscal 2019 instead of the current effective date, which is the first quarter of fiscal 2018. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the pending adoption of ASU 2014-09 on its consolidated financial statements and has not yet determined the method by which the Company will adopt the standard. Financial Condition and Management’s Plan The Company’s current credit facility has been reduced from $133.3 million in May 2013 to $105.1 million at June 30, 2015 through both required and voluntary payments. The credit facility matures in April 2016. The Company will be in default under the credit facility if it is unable to refinance the debt thereunder at or prior to its maturity. Additionally, in the event the Company fails to comply with the financial covenants or other similar requirements in the credit facility, it would be in default under the credit facility and its ability to meet anticipated operating and capital expenditure requirements would be impaired. It is management’s current intent to refinance the credit facility prior to its maturity in April 2016; however, there can be no assurance that market conditions will allow the Company to refinance the debt under the credit facility at or prior to its maturity on terms that are acceptable to the Company, or at all. Reclassification s Certain items in the prior year’s condensed consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform with 2015 presentation. |