Exhibit 23.1



                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS'

The Board of Directors
Qwest Communications International Inc.:

  We consent to the use of our report,  dated  February 19,  1997,  except as to
note 1, paragraph (i) and note 18, which are as of May 23, 1997, relating to the
consolidated  balance  sheets of Qwest  Communications  International  Inc.  and
subsidiaries  as of  December  31, 1996 and 1995,  and the related  consolidated
statements of  operations,  stockholder's  equity and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1996, included herein, and the
incorporation  by reference,  herein,  of our report,  dated  February 19, 1997,
except as to note 2,  which is as of May 23,  1997,  pertaining  to the  related
consolidated  financial  statement  schedules,   which  report  appears  in  the
registration  statement  on Form S-1  (No.  333-25391)  of Qwest  Communications
International Inc., and to the reference to our firm under the headings "Summary
Consolidated  Financial and Operating  Data," "Selected  Consolidated  Financial
Data" and "Experts" in the registration statement.



                              KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

  Denver, Colorado
  December 19, 1997





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