FORM OF SECTION 906 CERTIFICATIONS

                                          Exhibit 99.2 (Chief Financial Officer)

                           CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                            18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                 SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection  with the Quarterly  Report of Level 3  Communications,  Inc. (the
"Company")  on Form 10-Q for the period  ended  June 30,  2002 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),  I, Sureel
A.  Choksi,  Chief  Financial  Officer of the Company,  certify,  pursuant to 18
U.S.C. SS 1350, as adopted pursuant to SS 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,
that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The  information  contained in the Report fairly  presents,  in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Sureel A. Choksi
Sureel A. Choksi
Chief  Financial Officer
August 14, 2002