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 (File Nos. 33-57889) of our
reports, which include an explanatory paragraph regarding the discontinuance of
accounting for the operations of U S WEST Communications, Inc. in accordance
with Statement of Financial Accounting Standard 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 18, 1995, on our audits of the
consolidated financial statements and the consolidated financial statement
schedule of U S WEST, Inc., as of December 31, 1994 and 1993, and for the three
years ended December 31, 1994, 1993 and 1992. We also consent to the reference
to our firm under the caption "Experts."



/s/  Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

Denver, Colorado
April 28, 1995