POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
WHEREAS, U S WEST, Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to
as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a
Registration Statement on Form S-3, (the "Registration Statement") for the
registration of Guarantees of $4,000,000,000 of debt securities to be issued
by U S WEST Capital Funding, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, each of the undersigned is a Director of the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints JAMES
T. ANDERSON and STEPHEN E. BRILZ, and each of them, as attorneys for him or
her and in his or her name, place, and stead, and in his or her capacity as a
Director of the Company, to execute and file such Registration Statement, and
thereafter to execute and file any amended registration statement or
statements or supplements thereto, hereby giving and granting to said
attorneys full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and
thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises
as fully, to all intents and purposes, as he or she might or could do if
personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys may or shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue
hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this 4th day of October 1996.
/s/ RICHARD D. McCORMICK
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Richard D. McCormick
Chairman of the Board, Chief
Executive Officer and President
/s/ MICHAEL P. GLINSKY
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Michael P. Glinsky
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
WHEREAS, U S WEST, Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred to
as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a
Registration Statement on Form S-3, (the "Registration Statement") for the
registration of Guarantees of $4,000,000,000 of debt securities to be issued
by U S WEST Capital Funding, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, each of the undersigned is a Director of the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints JAMES
T. ANDERSON and STEPHEN E. BRILZ, and each of them, as attorneys for him or
her and in his or her name, place, and stead, and in his or her capacity as a
Director of the Company, to execute and file such Registration Statement, and
thereafter to execute and file any amended registration statement or
statements or supplements thereto, hereby giving and granting to said
attorneys full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and
thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises
as fully, to all intents and purposes, as he or she might or could do if
personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys may or shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue
hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this 4th day of October 1996.
/s/ REMEDIOS DIAZ-OLIVER /s/ RICHARD D. MCCORMICK
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Remedios Diaz-Oliver Richard D. McCormick
/s/ GRANT A. DOVE /s/ MARILYN C. NELSON
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Grant A. Dove Marilyn C. Nelson
/s/ ALLAN D. GILMOUR /s/ FRANK P. POPOFF
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Allan D. Gilmour Frank P. Popoff
/s/ PIERSON M. GRIEVE /s/ JERRY O. WILLIAMS
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Pierson M. Grieve Jerry O. Williams
/s/ ALLEN F. JACOBSON
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Allen F. Jacobson
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
WHEREAS, U S WEST Capital Funding, Inc., a Colorado corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-3, (the "Registration Statement")
for the registration of $4,000,000,000 of debt securities to be issued by the
Company; and
WHEREAS, each of the undersigned is an Officer or Director, or both, of the
Company as indicated below each signature;
NOW, THEREFORE, each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints STEPHEN E.
BRILZ as attorney for him and in his name, place, and stead, and in his capacity
as an Officer or Director of the Company, to execute and file such Registration
Statement, and thereafter to execute and file any amended registration statement
or statements or supplements thereto, hereby giving and granting to said
attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as
fully, to all intents and purposes, as he might or could do if personally
present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney may or shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this 4th day of October, 1996.
/s/ MICHAEL P. GLINSKY
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Michael P. Glinsky
Director
/s/ JAMES T. ANDERSON
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James T. Anderson
President and Director
/s/ RAHN K. PORTER
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Rahn K. Porter
Vice President and Treasurer
/s/ JAMES R. TAUCHER
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James R. Taucher
Vice President and Controller