CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
of U S WEST, Inc. (the "Company") on Form S-3 of our reports, which include an
explanatory paragraph regarding the Company's discontinuance of accounting for
the operations of U S WEST Communications, Inc. in accordance with Statement of
Accounting Standards 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 20, 1994, except for the last paragraph in Note 8, for which
the date is February 23, 1994, on our audits of the consolidated financial
statements and the consolidated financial statement schedules of U S WEST, Inc.,
as of December 31, 1993 and 1992, and for the three years ended December 31,
1993, 1992 and 1991.  We also consent to the reference to our firm under the
caption "Experts."


/s/ Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
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Denver, Colorado
December 2, 1994