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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

          WHEREAS, CINCINNATI BELL INC., an Ohio corporation (hereinafter
referred to as the "Company"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the Rules and Regulations thereunder, an annual report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996; and

          WHEREAS, the undersigned is a director of the Company;

          NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints John
T. LaMacchia, Brian C. Henry, William H. Zimmer III and William D. Baskett III,
and each of them singly, his attorneys for him and in his name, place and stead,
and in his office and capacity in the Company, to execute and file such annual
report on Form 10-K, and thereafter to execute and file any amendments 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 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, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this
17th day of March, 1997.



                                             /s/ John T. LaMacchia
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             John T. LaMacchia
                                             Director


STATE OF OHIO       )
                    )SS:
COUNTY OF HAMILTON  )

          On the 17th day of March, 1997, personally appeared before me John T.
LaMacchia, to me known and known to me to be the person described in and who
executed the foregoing instrument, and he duly acknowledged to me that he
executed and delivered the same for the purposes therein expressed.

          Witness my hand and official seal this 17th day of March, 1997.


                                             /s/ Mary Janet Edwards
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             Notary Public


                                             MARY JANET EDWARDS
                                             Notary Public, State of Ohio
                                             My Commission Expires Feb. 11, 2002



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

          WHEREAS, CINCINNATI BELL INC., an Ohio corporation (hereinafter
referred to as the "Company"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the Rules and Regulations thereunder, an annual report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996; and

          WHEREAS, the undersigned is a director of the Company;

          NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints John
T. LaMacchia, Brian C. Henry, William H. Zimmer III and William D. Baskett III,
and each of them singly, his attorneys for him and in his name, place and stead,
and in his office and capacity in the Company, to execute and file such annual
report on Form 10-K, and thereafter to execute and file any amendments 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 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, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this
17th day of March, 1997.



                                             /s/ John F. Barrett
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             John F. Barrett
                                             Director


STATE OF OHIO       )
                    )SS:
COUNTY OF HAMILTON  )

          On the 17th day of March, 1997, personally appeared before me John F.
Barrett, to me known and known to me to be the person described in and who
executed the foregoing instrument, and he duly acknowledged to me that he
executed and delivered the same for the purposes therein expressed.

          Witness my hand and official seal this 17th day of March, 1997.


                                             /s/ James W. Carpenter
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             Notary Public


                                             JAMES W. CARPENTER
                                             NOTARY PUBLIC, STATE OF OHIO
                                             LIFETIME COMMISSION



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

          WHEREAS, CINCINNATI BELL INC., an Ohio corporation (hereinafter
referred to as the "Company"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the Rules and Regulations thereunder, an annual report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996; and

          WHEREAS, the undersigned is a director of the Company;

          NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints John
T. LaMacchia, Brian C. Henry, William H. Zimmer III and William D. Baskett III,
and each of them singly, his attorneys for him and in his name, place and stead,
and in his office and capacity in the Company, to execute and file such annual
report on Form 10-K, and thereafter to execute and file any amendments 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 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, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this
17th day of March, 1997.



                                             /s/ Phillip R. Cox
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             Phillip R. Cox
                                             Director


STATE OF OHIO       )
                    )SS:
COUNTY OF HAMILTON  )

          On the 17th day of March, 1997, personally appeared before me Phillip
R. Cox, to me known and known to me to be the person described in and who
executed the foregoing instrument, and he duly acknowledged to me that he
executed and delivered the same for the purposes therein expressed.

          Witness my hand and official seal this 17th day of March, 1997.


                                             /s/ Mary Janet Edwards
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             Notary Public


                                             MARY JANET EDWARDS
                                             Notary Public, State of Ohio
                                             My Commission Expires Feb. 11, 2002



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

          WHEREAS, CINCINNATI BELL INC., an Ohio corporation (hereinafter
referred to as the "Company"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the Rules and Regulations thereunder, an annual report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996; and

          WHEREAS, the undersigned is a director of the Company;

          NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints John
T. LaMacchia, Brian C. Henry, William H. Zimmer III and William D. Baskett III,
and each of them singly, his attorneys for him and in his name, place and stead,
and in his office and capacity in the Company, to execute and file such annual
report on Form 10-K, and thereafter to execute and file any amendments 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 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, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this
17th day of March, 1997.



                                             /s/ William A. Friedlander
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             William A. Friedlander
                                             Director


STATE OF KENTUCKY        )
                         )SS:
STATE AT LARGE           )

          On the 17th day of March, 1997, personally appeared before me William
A. Friedlander, to me known and known to me to be the person described in and
who executed the foregoing instrument, and he duly acknowledged to me that he
executed and delivered the same for the purposes therein expressed.

          Witness my hand and official seal this 17th day of March, 1997.


                                             /s/ C. Bell
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             Notary Public


CHARLENE J. BELL
Notary Public, Kentucky State at Large
My Commission Expires Feb. 7, 2000



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

          WHEREAS, CINCINNATI BELL INC., an Ohio corporation (hereinafter
referred to as the "Company"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the Rules and Regulations thereunder, an annual report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996; and

          WHEREAS, the undersigned is a director of the Company;

          NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints John
T. LaMacchia, Brian C. Henry, William H. Zimmer III and William D. Baskett III,
and each of them singly, his attorneys for him and in his name, place and stead,
and in his office and capacity in the Company, to execute and file such annual
report on Form 10-K, and thereafter to execute and file any amendments 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 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, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this
17th day of March, 1997.



                                             /s/ Roger L. Howe
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             Roger L. Howe
                                             Director


STATE OF OHIO       )
                    )SS:
COUNTY OF CLERMONT   )

          On the 17th day of March, 1997, personally appeared before me Roger L.
Howe, to me known and known to me to be the person described in and who executed
the foregoing instrument, and he duly acknowledged to me that he executed and
delivered the same for the purposes therein expressed.

          Witness my hand and official seal this 17th day of March, 1997.


                                             /s/ Florence M. Isaac
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             Notary Public


                                             FLORENCE M. ISAAC
                                             Notary Public, State of Ohio
                                             My Commission Expires Nov. 1, 1999



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

          WHEREAS, CINCINNATI BELL INC., an Ohio corporation (hereinafter
referred to as the "Company"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the Rules and Regulations thereunder, an annual report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996; and

          WHEREAS, the undersigned is a director of the Company;

          NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints John
T. LaMacchia, Brian C. Henry, William H. Zimmer III and William D. Baskett III,
and each of them singly, his attorneys for him and in his name, place and stead,
and in his office and capacity in the Company, to execute and file such annual
report on Form 10-K, and thereafter to execute and file any amendments 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 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, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this
17th day of March, 1997.



                                             /s/ Robert P. Hummel
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             Robert P. Hummel
                                             Director


STATE OF OHIO       )
                    )SS:
COUNTY OF HAMILTON  )

          On the 17th day of March, 1997, personally appeared before me Robert
P. Hummel, to me known and known to me to be the person described in and who
executed the foregoing instrument, and he duly acknowledged to me that he
executed and delivered the same for the purposes therein expressed.

          Witness my hand and official seal this 17th day of March, 1997.


                                             /s/ Mary Janet Edwards
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             Notary Public


                                             MARY JANET EDWARDS
                                             Notary Public, State of Ohio
                                             My Commission Expires Feb. 11, 2002



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

          WHEREAS, CINCINNATI BELL INC., an Ohio corporation (hereinafter
referred to as the "Company"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the Rules and Regulations thereunder, an annual report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996; and

          WHEREAS, the undersigned is a director of the Company;

          NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints John
T. LaMacchia, Brian C. Henry, William H. Zimmer III and William D. Baskett III,
and each of them singly, his attorneys for him and in his name, place and stead,
and in his office and capacity in the Company, to execute and file such annual
report on Form 10-K, and thereafter to execute and file any amendments 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 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, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this
17th day of March, 1997.



                                             /s/ James D. Kiggen
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             James D. Kiggen
                                             Director


STATE OF OHIO       )
                    )SS:
COUNTY OF HAMILTON  )

          On the 17th day of March, 1997, personally appeared before me James D.
Kiggen, to me known and known to me to be the person described in and who
executed the foregoing instrument, and he duly acknowledged to me that he
executed and delivered the same for the purposes therein expressed.

          Witness my hand and official seal this 17th day of March, 1997.


                                             /s/ Mary Janet Edwards
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             Notary Public


                                             MARY JANET EDWARDS
                                             Notary Public, State of Ohio
                                             My Commission Expires Feb. 11, 2002



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

          WHEREAS, CINCINNATI BELL INC., an Ohio corporation (hereinafter
referred to as the "Company"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the Rules and Regulations thereunder, an annual report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996; and

          WHEREAS, the undersigned is a director of the Company;

          NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints John
T. LaMacchia, Brian C. Henry, William H. Zimmer III and William D. Baskett III,
and each of them singly, his attorneys for him and in his name, place and stead,
and in his office and capacity in the Company, to execute and file such annual
report on Form 10-K, and thereafter to execute and file any amendments 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 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, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this
17th day of March, 1997.



                                             /s/ Charles S. Mechem, Jr.
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             Charles S. Mechem, Jr.
                                             Director


STATE OF OHIO       )
                    )SS:
COUNTY OF HAMILTON  )

          On the 17th day of March, 1997, personally appeared before me Charles
S. Mechem, Jr., to me known and known to me to be the person described in and
who executed the foregoing instrument, and he duly acknowledged to me that he
executed and delivered the same for the purposes therein expressed.

          Witness my hand and official seal this 17th day of March, 1997.


                                             /s/ Mary Janet Edwards
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             Notary Public


                                             MARY JANET EDWARDS
                                             Notary Public, State of Ohio
                                             My Commission Expires Feb. 11, 2002



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

          WHEREAS, CINCINNATI BELL INC., an Ohio corporation (hereinafter
referred to as the "Company"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the Rules and Regulations thereunder, an annual report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996; and

          WHEREAS, the undersigned is a director of the Company;

          NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints John
T. LaMacchia, Brian C. Henry, William H. Zimmer III and William D. Baskett III,
and each of them singly, his attorneys for him and in his name, place and stead,
and in his office and capacity in the Company, to execute and file such annual
report on Form 10-K, and thereafter to execute and file any amendments 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 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, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this
17th day of March, 1997.



                                             /s/ Mary D. Nelson
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             Mary D. Nelson
                                             Director


STATE OF OHIO       )
                    )SS:
COUNTY OF HAMILTON  )

          On the 17th day of March, 1997, personally appeared before me Mary D.
Nelson, to me known and known to me to be the person described in and who
executed the foregoing instrument, and he duly acknowledged to me that he
executed and delivered the same for the purposes therein expressed.

          Witness my hand and official seal this 17th day of March, 1997.


                                             /s/ Mary Janet Edwards
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             Notary Public


                                             MARY JANET EDWARDS
                                             Notary Public, State of Ohio
                                             My Commission Expires Feb. 11, 2002



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

          WHEREAS, CINCINNATI BELL INC., an Ohio corporation (hereinafter
referred to as the "Company"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the Rules and Regulations thereunder, an annual report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996; and

          WHEREAS, the undersigned is a director of the Company;

          NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints John
T. LaMacchia, Brian C. Henry, William H. Zimmer III and William D. Baskett III,
and each of them singly, his attorneys for him and in his name, place and stead,
and in his office and capacity in the Company, to execute and file such annual
report on Form 10-K, and thereafter to execute and file any amendments 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 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, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this
17th day of March, 1997.



                                             /s/ James F. Orr
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             James F. Orr
                                             Director


STATE OF OHIO       )
                    )SS:
COUNTY OF HAMILTON  )

          On the 17th day of March, 1997, personally appeared before me James F.
Orr, to me known and known to me to be the person described in and who executed
the foregoing instrument, and he duly acknowledged to me that he executed and
delivered the same for the purposes therein expressed.

          Witness my hand and official seal this 17th day of March, 1997.


                                             /s/ Mary Janet Edwards
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             Notary Public


                                             MARY JANET EDWARDS
                                             Notary Public, State of Ohio
                                             My Commission Expires Feb. 11, 2002



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

          WHEREAS, CINCINNATI BELL INC., an Ohio corporation (hereinafter
referred to as the "Company"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the Rules and Regulations thereunder, an annual report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996; and

          WHEREAS, the undersigned is a director of the Company;

          NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints John
T. LaMacchia, Brian C. Henry, William H. Zimmer III and William D. Baskett III,
and each of them singly, his attorneys for him and in his name, place and stead,
and in his office and capacity in the Company, to execute and file such annual
report on Form 10-K, and thereafter to execute and file any amendments 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 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, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this
17th day of March, 1997.



                                             /s/ Brian H. Rowe
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             Brian H. Rowe
                                             Director


STATE OF OHIO       )
                    )SS:
COUNTY OF HAMILTON  )

          On the 17th day of March, 1997, personally appeared before me Brian H.
Rowe, to me known and known to me to be the person described in and who executed
the foregoing instrument, and he duly acknowledged to me that he executed and
delivered the same for the purposes therein expressed.

          Witness my hand and official seal this 17th day of March, 1997.


                                             /s/ Mary Janet Edwards
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             Notary Public


                                             MARY JANET EDWARDS
                                             Notary Public, State of Ohio
                                             My Commission Expires Feb. 11, 2002



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

          WHEREAS, CINCINNATI BELL INC., an Ohio corporation (hereinafter
referred to as the "Company"), proposes shortly to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, and the Rules and Regulations thereunder, an annual report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996; and

          WHEREAS, the undersigned is a director of the Company;

          NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints John
T. LaMacchia, Brian C. Henry, William H. Zimmer III and William D. Baskett III,
and each of them singly, his attorneys for him and in his name, place and stead,
and in his office and capacity in the Company, to execute and file such annual
report on Form 10-K, and thereafter to execute and file any amendments 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 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, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this
17th day of March, 1997.



                                             /s/ David B. Sharrock
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             David B. Sharrock
                                             Director


STATE OF OHIO       )
                    )SS:
COUNTY OF HAMILTON  )

          On the 17th day of March, 1997, personally appeared before me David B.
Sharrock, to me known and known to me to be the person described in and who
executed the foregoing instrument, and he duly acknowledged to me that he
executed and delivered the same for the purposes therein expressed.

          Witness my hand and official seal this 17th day of March, 1997.


                                             /s/ Mary Janet Edwards
                                             ----------------------------------
                                             Notary Public


                                             MARY JANET EDWARDS
                                             Notary Public, State of Ohio
                                             My Commission Expires Feb. 11, 2002