CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


     We consent to the inclusion in the Registration Statement of U S WEST, Inc.
on Form S-4 (File No. 33-59315) of our report, which includes 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 of U S WEST, Inc., as of
December 31, 1994 and 1993, and for the years ended December 31, 1994, 1993 and
1992.

     We consent to the inclusion in the Registration Statement of U S WEST, Inc.
on Form S-4 (File No. 33-59315) of our report, which includes an explanatory
paragraph regarding the discontinuance for accounting of 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 May 12, 1995, on
our audits of the combined financial statements of U S WEST, Communications
Group, as of December 31, 1994 and 1993, and for the years ended December 31,
1994, 1993 and 1992.

     We consent to the inclusion in the Registration Statement of U S WEST, Inc.
on Form S-4 (File No. 33-59315) of our report, which includes an explanatory
paragraph regarding a change in the method of accounting for postretirement
benefits other than pensions and other postemployment benefits in 1992, dated
May 12, 1995, on our audits of the combined financial statements of U S WEST
Media Group, as of December 31, 1994 and 1993, and for the 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
June 30, 1995



                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
of U S WEST, Inc. on Form S-4 (File No. 33-59315) of our reports, which are
included in U S WEST, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K and 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 years ended December 31, 1994,
1993 and 1992.

We also consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts."


Coopers & Lybrand  L.L.P.


Denver, Colorado
June 30, 1995