Registration Nos. 33-50049, 33-50049-01, 33-19226
     and 33-19226-01

     Filing under Rule 424(b)(3)

PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 29 DATED DECEMBER 6, 1995
(To Prospectus dated October 3, 1995, as supplemented by Prospectus
Supplements dated October 13, 1995 and November 1, 1995)


                        U S WEST CAPITAL FUNDING, INC.

                              MEDIUM-TERM NOTES

                  DUE NINE MONTHS OR MORE FROM DATE OF ISSUE

                 UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED AS TO PAYMENT OF
                 PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM, IF ANY, AND INTEREST BY

                                U S WEST, INC.
                             ____________________






                          

Aggregate Principal Amount:  $        5,000,000 

Settlement Date:             December 11, 1995

Maturity:                    December 12, 2005

Coupon:                                    6.41%




PURCHASE AS PRINCIPAL

      This Pricing Supplement relates to $5,000,000 aggregate principal amount
of  Notes  that  are  being purchased, as principal, by Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner & Smith Incorporated ("Merrill Lynch") for resale to investors at
varying  prices  relating to prevailing market prices at the time of resale as
determined by Merrill Lynch.  The net proceeds payable by Merrill Lynch to U S
WEST Capital Funding, Inc. ("Capital Funding") will be 99.375% of the
aggregate  principal  amount  of the Notes, or $4,968,750, before deduction of
expenses payable by Capital Funding.  In connection with the sale of the
Notes,  Merrill  Lynch may be deemed to have received compensation in the form
of  underwriting  discounts in the amount of 0.625% of the aggregate principal
amount of the Notes, or $31,250.