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    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 10, 2000
                                                      Registration No. 333-11409

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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                   TO FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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                            IXC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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           Delaware                                              74-2644120
(State or other jurisdiction of                               (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                               Identification No.)

                       1122 Capital of Texas Highway South
                               Austin, Texas 78746
                                 (512) 328-1112
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

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                    IXC COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 1996 STOCK PLAN
                  IXC COMMUNICATIONS, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED
                                 1994 STOCK PLAN
                            (Full title of the plans)

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                                 Kevin W. Mooney
                             Chief Financial Officer
                            IXC Communications, Inc.
                       1122 Capital of Texas Highway South
                               Austin, Texas 78746
                                 (512) 328-1112
            (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)

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                                   COPIES TO:
                              Karen C. Goodin, Esq.
                               Riordan & McKinzie
                         600 Anton Boulevard, Suite 1800
                        Costa Mesa, California 92626-1924
                                 (714) 433-2900

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                                EXPLANATORY NOTE

         On September 5, 1996 the Registrant registered 3,334,237 shares of its
common stock ("IXC Common Stock") on Form S-8 (File No. 333-11409) (the
"Registration Statement") to be issued from time to time under the Registrant's
1996 Stock Plan and the Registrant's Amended and Restated 1994 Stock Plan
(collectively, the "Plans").

         Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of
July 20, 1999, as amended (the "Merger Agreement"), among Cincinnati Bell Inc.,
doing business as Broadwing Inc. ("BW"), Ivory Merger Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of BW ("Merger Sub"), and the Registrant, on November 9, 1999, Merger
Sub merged (the "Merger") with and into the Registrant and, as a result of the
Merger, BW owns all the outstanding common stock of the Registrant. In
connection with the Merger, all outstanding options issued pursuant to the Plans
are no longer exercisable for IXC Common Stock, but instead, constitute options
to acquire BW common stock on such terms and conditions as set forth in the
Merger Agreement.

         The purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration
Statement is to terminate the Registration Statement and to deregister the
2,084,121 shares of IXC Common Stock originally registered thereby which remain
unsold as of such termination.

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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized in the City of Cincinnati, State of Ohio, on January 7, 2000.

                                   IXC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                                   By:  /s/  Kevin W. Mooney
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                                        Kevin W. Mooney
                                        Chief Financial Officer

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:



                                                                                  
          Signature                                      Title                                    Date
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/s/ Richard Ellenberger                   Director and Chief Executive Officer            January 7, 2000
- ------------------------------------      (Principal Executive Officer)
         Richard Ellenberger

/s/ Kevin W. Mooney                       Chief Financial Officer                         January 7, 2000
- -----------------------------------       (Principal Financial Officer and
          Kevin W. Mooney                 Principal Accounting Officer)