EXHIBIT 21.1 SUBSIDIARIES OF MCLEODUSA INCORPORATED AS OF MARCH 17, 2000 Corporation State of Incorporation - ----------- ---------------------- McLeodUSA Telecommunications Services, Inc. Iowa McLeodUSA Network Services, Inc. Iowa McLeodUSA Integrated Business Systems, Inc. Iowa NewCom Companies, Inc. Iowa QST Communications Inc. Illinois Consolidated Communication Inc. Delaware Consolidated Communications Operator Services Inc. Illinois Consolidated Communications Public Services Inc. Illinois Consolidated Communications Directories, Inc. Illinois Greene County Partners, Inc. Illinois Consolidated Market Response Inc. Illinois Illinois Consolidated Telephone Company Illinois Consolidated Communications Systems & Services Inc. Illinois McLeodUSA Media Group, Inc. Iowa McLeodUSA Publishing Company Iowa Frontier Directory Company of Nebraska, Inc. Nebraska J-Mar Publishing Company, Inc. Michigan Fronteer Directory Co. of Minnesota Minnesota Info America Phone Books, Inc. Michigan Talking Directories, Inc. Michigan McLeodUSA Diversified, Inc. Iowa Ruffalo, Cody & Associates, Inc. Iowa Campus-Call, Inc. Iowa Ovation Communications, Inc. Delaware Ovation Communications International, Inc. Delaware Ovation Communications of Illinois, Inc. Delaware Ovation Communications of Minnesota, Inc. Minnesota McLeodUSA Communications of Wisconsin, Inc. Delaware BRE Communications, L.L.C. Delaware Dakota Telecommunications Group, Inc. Delaware DTG Community Telephone, Inc. South Dakota Dakota Telecom, Inc. South Dakota DTG Internet, Inc. South Dakota DTG Communications, Inc. South Dakota DTG DataNet, Inc. South Dakota Dakota Telecommunications Systems, Inc. South Dakota Dakota Wireless Systems, Inc. South Dakota Telecom Park L.L.C. South Dakota Access Communications Holding, Inc. Delaware Access Communications, Inc. Utah S.J. Investments, Inc. Utah One Stop Telecommunications, Inc. Illinois