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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

DATE OF REPORT – December 17, 2010
(Date of Earliest Event Reported)

CINCINNATI BELL INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Commission File No. 1-8519

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (513) 397-9900

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On December 17, 2010, John P. Burns rejoined Cincinnati Bell Inc. (the “Company”) as President of CBTS, a Cincinnati-based provider of data center colocation services, managed and professional services, and IT equipment. Burns will report to Ted Torbeck, president and general manager of Cincinnati Bell Communications.

As president of CBTS, Mr. Burns will have primary responsibility for a segment of the top enterprise customers served by Cincinnati Bell Communications.  Additionally, Mr. Burns will have primary responsibility for the operations of CBTS.  CBTS will continue to focus on the Cincinnati region and will serve existing Cincinnati-based global customers with its full suite of managed and professional services and equipment sales.  CyrusOne, a data center colocation company in Texas that Cincinnati Bell acquired in June 2010, will continue to be led by Dave Ferdman.  CyrusOne will be focused on all data center opportunities outside Cincinnati.

A copy of the press release announcing this management change is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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