EXHIBIT 23-B
    

   
    We consent to  the incorporation by  reference of our  report dated July  3,
1995,   with   respect  to   the  financial   statements  of   Mercury  Personal
Communications included in this Current Report on Form 8-K/A of U S WEST,  Inc.,
which  amends the Current  Report of U  S WEST, Inc.  on Form 8-K  dated May 23,
1995, in each of the following:
    

   
    1)__Registration Statements No. 33-51427 and No. 33-56709 on Form S-3;
    

   
    2)__Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 33-50047  on
Form S-3;
    

   
    3)__Pre-Effective  Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 33-50049 on
Form S-3;
    

   
    4)__Amendment No. 1 on  Form S-3 to Registration  Statement No. 33-55289  on
Form S-4;
    

   
    5)__Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 33-57889 on Form S-3;
    

   
    6)__Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 33-59315 on Form S-4;
    

   
    7)__Registration Statements No. 33-43362 and No. 33-56895 on Form S-8.
    

   
                                          /s/ Arthur Andersen LLP
    
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                                           ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
    

   
London, England
    
   
July 10, 1995.