EXHIBIT 23

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


	We consent to the incorporation by reference in the 
registration statement of U S WEST Communications, Inc. on Forms S-3 
(File Nos. 33-49647 and 33-51125) of our report, which includes an 
explanatory paragraph regarding the discontinuance of accounting for 
operations in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting 
Standard No. 71, "Accounting for the Effects of Certain Types of 
Regulation," in 1993, and a change in the method of accounting for 
postretirement benefits other than pensions and other postemployment 
benefits in 1992, dated January 18, 1995, on our audits of the 
consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedules 
of U S WEST Communications, Inc. as of December 31, 1994 and 1993, 
and for the three years ended December 31, 1994, 1993, and 1992, 
which report is included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.


/s/ COOPERS & LYBRAND, L.L.P.

Denver, Colorado
March 28, 1995