EXHIBIT 23-A

                 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."



COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.

Denver, Colorado
March 1, 1995